US Patent Issued to Skydio on Dec. 9 for "Modular unmanned aerial vehicle airframe with structurally integrated yoke and payload assembly" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,021, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Modular unmanned aerial vehicle airframe with structurally integrated yoke and payload assembly" was invented by Thomas Skyler Sartorius (Los Angeles), Calder Richmond Hughes (Portland, Ore.), Julian Rene Alvarez (San Francisco) and Sean David-Andrew Belardo (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed here are unmanned aerial vehicle embodiments including some embodiments having a fuselage, tail, and wings including example embodiments with an adaptable payload section, alternatively or additionally, modular flight surfaces including tail, wings and m...