US Patent Issued to Oleksandr Stepura on Dec. 9 for "Catapult launcher for a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)" (Ukrainian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,023, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Oleksandr Stepura (Kyivska oblast, Ukraine).

"Catapult launcher for a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)" was invented by Oleksandr Stepura (Kyivska oblast, Ukraine) and Volodymyr Stepura (Kyivska oblast, Ukraine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The claimed invention discloses a catapult launcher for a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the launcher comprises a starting rail having an I-beam cross-section that comprises two sections that are foldable/unfoldable and mounted on adjustable supports, a carriage that is equipped with wheels that are configured to interact with an internal s...