US Patent Issued to Performance Drone Works on Aug. 5 for "Plug-and-play hub for unmanned aerial vehicle" (Alabama, New York, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,039, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Performance Drone Works LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Plug-and-play hub for unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Philip Herlihy (Mahopac, N.Y.), Adam Daigler Wetzel (Huntsville, Ala.) and Dylan Thomas Hamm (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug-and-play Hub that provides an intermediary between an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and peripheral electronic devices. The Hub has a power and data interface to the UAV and peripheral ports that allow the peripheral electronic devices to connect to the Hub. The peripheral ports provide power to the peripheral electronic devices and also allow d...