US Patent Issued to FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems AS on April 8 for "Device for storing and remotely launching unmanned aerial vehicles" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,592, issued on April 8, was assigned to FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems AS (Hvalstad, Norway).

"Device for storing and remotely launching unmanned aerial vehicles" was invented by Erik Falk-Petersen (Oslo, Norway), Martin Krafft (Hvalstad, Norway) and Jan Tronsdal (Hvalstad, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, specialized vehicle launch systems and methods are provided to enable personnel to launch and operate one or more UAVs from the safety of a vehicle or other mobile location. In various embodiments, a launch system comprises a launch device and an operator terminal. The launch device is adapted to be mount...