ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,477, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Colugo Systems LTD. (Yavne, Israel).

"Folded wing multi rotor" was invented by Amit Regev (Moshav Bitzaron, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multirotor aircraft that includes a chassis, vertical rotors, foldable wings, and a means for deploying and folding the foldable wing. The foldable wing is attached to the chassis and the means for deploying and folding the foldable wing is designed to deploy and open the foldable wing from a folded and closed state to a deployed and opened state, and vice versa. The gravity center of the folded wing in a folded and closed state is near and close to...