ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,415, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Sunflower Labs Inc. (San Carlos, Calif.).
"Landing platform with multicopter self-orientation" was invented by Erik John (Aeschlen ob Gunten, Switzerland), Alexander S. Pachikov (San Carlos, Calif.), Christian Eheim (Fallanden, Switzerland) and Dennis Kitainik (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multicopter landing platform includes a top segment having a first opening at a top portion and a second, smaller opening at a bottom portion, a cross-section at the opening of the bottom portion, and a plurality of grooves formed in the top segment that guide a multicopter from the top p...