ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,201, issued on May 26, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Nose cone" was invented by Thomas Skyler Sartorius (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed here are systems for detachable airframe components including detachable nose cones, propeller assemblies and motors. In some example embodiments, the assemblies include a nose cone with a connection receiver, a motor assembly with a rotatable section, where the rotatable section includes torque arms configured to secure with the nose cone connection receiver, and a propeller assembly, configured to connect to the nose cone."

The patent was filed on Feb. 3, 2...