US Patent Issued to Pioneer Material Precision Tech, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University on Sept. 1 for "Flapping-wing aerial vehicle" (Taiwanese, Malaysian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,778, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Pioneer Material Precision Tech Co. Ltd. (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

"Flapping-wing aerial vehicle" was invented by Kuan-Yu Tseng (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Gih Keong Lau (Muar, Malaysia), Wei-Yu Huang (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Chih-Sheng Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Li-Yuan Yeh (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chang-Qi Zhang (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flapping-wing aerial vehicle includes a body, a driving mechanism, a transmission mechanism and a flapping-wing mechanism. The driving mechanism is fi...