US Patent Issued to TB2 Aerospace on Dec. 23 for "Autonomous docking system for an unmanned aerial vehicle" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,256, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to TB2 Aerospace (Breckenridge, Colo.).

"Autonomous docking system for an unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Frank M. Scott (Breckenridge, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed an autonomous docking system for aerial delivery of a payload from a ground station. The system may comprise an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having one or more motors for powered flight and a pyramidal bottom surface opening downward to terminate in a base perimeter. A cargo pod may be included to carry the payload and may have a pyramidal top surface complementary to the pyramidal bottom surface of...