ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,213, issued on May 26, was assigned to NAKAKITA SEISAKUSHO Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Flapping device" was invented by Masaki Hamamoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flapping device that is compact and is capable of acquiring high mobility is provided.A flapping device 1 has blades 2, 2 and a pair of drive units 3, 3 disposed in correspondence with the blades 2, 2, and the drive unit 3 includes: a first drive source 30U; a second drive source 30D; a first driven part 10U being rotated around a first rotation axial line by the first drive source 30U; a second driven part 10D being rotated around a second rotation axial l...