ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,682, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HHLA Sky GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Landing platform" was invented by Matthias Gronstedt (Hamburg, Germany), Olaf Hilbig (Kirchlengern, Germany), Stefan Oluschinsky (Kirchlengern, Germany) and Marius Schroder (Bielefeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a landing platform for a drone (6), comprising a landing surface comprising two conveyor belts (2) which are arranged parallel in the same horizontal plane and which are spaced apart such that a drone (6) standing on the landing surface can simultaneously have contact with both conveyor belts (drone conveyor belts), t...