US Patent Issued to SWIFT ENGINEERING on May 27 for "Systems and methods for aerodynamic deployment of wing structures" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,083, issued on May 27, was assigned to SWIFT ENGINEERING INC. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for aerodynamic deployment of wing structures" was invented by Christopher Noskowicz (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of deploying an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes launching a UAV and deploying at least one portion of a wing assembly from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration in which the at least one portion of the wing assembly extends away from a body of the UAV. Deploying the portion of the wing assembly, which may be an outboard portion of a wing assembly, includes deflecti...