ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,750, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Axon Enterprise Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Systems and methods for a housing equipment for a security vehicle" was invented by Patrick W. Smith (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Gabriel Othman (Seattle) and Brandy Shaffer (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing security functions to a vehicle may comprise a chassis and a drone. The chassis may be configured to be mounted on top of the vehicle. The chassis may include a drone port for housing a drone. The drone may include a camera. The camera of the drone may be configured to capture images of objects outside of the chassis wh...