ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,599, issued on March 24, was assigned to Anduril Industries Inc. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

"Connectors and joints for dual engine vertical take off and landing collapsible fixed wing aircraft" was invented by Gregory Joseph Toland (Escondido, Calif.), Dane Michael Chantrill (Irvine, Calif.) and Zhe Kevin Wang (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses an aircraft. The aircraft comprises a fuselage mount coupled to a first wing and a second wing via a first hinge and a second hinge via a second hinge, a fuselage detachably mounted on the fuselage mount, a first engine nacelle detachably mounted o...