US Patent Issued to United Parcel Service of America on March 25 for "Drone delivery system hub for facilitating parcel delivery by unmanned aerial vehicles" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,152, issued on March 25, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).

"Drone delivery system hub for facilitating parcel delivery by unmanned aerial vehicles" was invented by Julio Gil (Veldhoven, Netherlands), Thomas Ramsager (Atlanta) and Jeff Walp (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drone delivery system hub and method for sending for take-off and receiving for landing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The drone delivery system hub includes a center shaft frame, a parcel-conveying system supported by the center shaft frame, structural arms coupled to and extending outward from the center shaft frame in a ...