US Patent Issued to FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems on July 15 for "Accessory port systems and methods for unmanned aerial vehicles" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,660, issued on July 15, was assigned to FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC (Vancouver, Canada).

"Accessory port systems and methods for unmanned aerial vehicles" was invented by Albert Pegg (Waterloo, Canada) and Tomi Kanninen (Waterloo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Accessory port systems and methods are provided. In one example, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes an accessory port configured to interchangeably attach a plurality of accessory devices to the UAV. The accessory port may have a mechanical interface configured to engage with one of the accessory devices. The mechanical interface may include a locking member...