ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,292, issued on April 21, was assigned to Disney Enterprises Inc. (Burbank, Calif.).
"Airframe of a volitant body" was invented by Clifford W. Wong (Burbank, Calif.), Michael P. Goslin (Los Angeles) and Stephen A. Thornton (Redondo Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses for an airframe of a volitant body are presented herein. An apparatus may include a body having a normal axis. The body comprising a central air passage communicating through the body along the normal axis of the body. The central air passage may have an inlet at a first end of the body and an outlet at a second end of the body,...