ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,560, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULC (Vancouver, Canada).

"Unmanned aerial vehicle suspended propulsion systems and methods" was invented by Dmytro Silin (Waterloo, Canada), Albert Pegg (New Dundee, Canada) and Martin Fleury (Waterloo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods directed to suspended propulsion systems for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. A system may include a UAV having a body and a center of gravity (CG), and a suspended propulsion system coupled to the UAV. The suspended propulsion system may include a power source for the UAV, and a harness coupled ...