ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,964, issued on Feb. 3.

"Wing-and-rotary-wing mixed folding and unfolding system of flying vehicle, and flying vehicle" was invented by Fengnian Tian (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid foldable system of wings and rotors of a flying vehicle, and a flying vehicle. The flying vehicle includes a vehicle body, two wings, wing rotating mechanisms, rotor supports, rotor support rotating mechanisms, and rotor assemblies. The wings are movably connected to the vehicle body and the wing rotating mechanisms drive the wings to rotate to expand or retract. The rotor assemblies expand to two sides of each wing, or reversely rotat...