ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,635, issued on June 24.
"Multi-mode convertible vehicle" was invented by Bruno Rocha (Ottawa), Abhishek Joshi (Nepean, Canada), Maurizio Ienzi (Nepean, Canada) and Christoforo Ienzi (Nepean, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convertible multi-mode vehicle capable of motorized travel in the air, on land, on water, and under water. The multi-mode vehicle is capable of controlled aerial flight, movement on the ground in terrestrial environments, on an aquatic surface, as well as underwater by changing between the different modes. Pivoting propulsion motors enable a convertible configuration from one vehicle locomotion mode to anot...