ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,582, issued on March 24, was assigned to George J. Syrovy (Centerville, Mass.).
"VTOL transport clusters" was invented by George J. Syrovy (Centerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heavier-than-air aircraft is enabled or aided in vertical take-off by a plurality of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft attached to the heavier-than-air aircraft by tethers and flying in formation. In embodiments, the tethers comprise winches. In embodiments, the VTOL aircraft are attached individually to points on the heavier-than-air aircraft spaced both laterally and in the direction of flight."
The patent was filed on July 11, 2...