ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,442, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Xiaowei Xiong (Greenwich, Conn.).

"Flying apparatus, aircraft, and method for controlling flight of flying apparatus" was invented by Xiaowei Xiong (Greenwich, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flying apparatus, an aircraft, and a method for controlling flight of a flying apparatus are provided. The flying apparatus may include a frame, including a front section and a rear section; a front tiltrotor, disposed on the front section of the frame; and a rear tiltrotor, disposed on the rear section of the frame; wherein the front tiltrotor is configured to tilt at a front tilt angle to a grav...