ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,207, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Go Fan Yourself LLC (Long Grove, Ill.).

"Apparatus and method for capturing energy from a drone propeller system to utilize the energy to charge a battery" was invented by Darrin Niemiec (Schaumburg, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for capturing energy from an unmanned aircraft propeller system and utilizing the energy to charge a battery. The invention further provides for a belt drive system connected to one or more propellers of an unmanned aircraft system commonly referred to as a drone aircraft. The belt drive system may be lin...