ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,517, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).
"Extended range vertical take-off and landing drone" was invented by Kevin Kochersberger (Blacksburg, Va.), Sarthak Deshmukh (Blacksburg, Va.) and Katie Marie Moncure (Fairfax, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a novel monocoque aerostructure quadcopter implemented as a vertical take-off and landing vehicle are described. In one example, a vertical take-off and landing vehicle includes a fuselage having a leading end positioned in a first horizontal plane and a trailing end positioned in a second horizontal pl...