ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,887, issued on June 16, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan) and ISHIKAWA ENERGY RESEARCH Co. LTD. (Gunma, Japan).
"Flying apparatus having rotatable arm with attached rotor" was invented by Takahito Sekita (Ota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flying apparatus includes a main body assembly, an arm extending away from the main body assembly in a planar view, and a rotor attached to the arm. The arm is rotatable downward from a predetermined position in which the arm is to be when the flying apparatus flies."
The patent was filed on June 26, 2025, under Application No. 19/250,150.
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