ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,630, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to INNOTEC LIGHTWEIGHT ENGINEERING & POLYMER TECHNOLOGY GMBH (Goslar, Germany).

"Flight module" was invented by Jens Werner (Wilsdruff STT Kesselsdorf, Germany), Phil Pezus (Wilsdruff STT Kesselsdorf, Germany), Matthias Bieler (Wilsdruff STT Kesselsdorf, Germany) and Florian Franke (Wilsdruff STT Kesselsdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flight module for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft comprises multiple drive units arranged on a supporting framework structure that comprises struts interconnected at node points. Each drive unit comprises an electric motor and a propeller that...