US Patent Issued to Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii on Sept. 8 for "Air vehicle" (Turkish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,990, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii A.S. (Kahramankazan, Turkey).

"Air vehicle" was invented by Hasan Ibacoglu (Kahramankazan, Turkey) and Burhan Sahin (Kahramankazan, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air vehicle comprising a body, an engine mounted on the body configured to generate force for flight, a rotor coupled with the engine and configured to rotate, a shaft positioned within the rotor and configured to be driven by the engine, a plurality of blades connected with the shaft, and a plurality of flaps wherein each flap is located on a respective blade. Each flap has a closed pos...