ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,965, issued on May 13, was assigned to Alessandro Cornali (Castenedolo, Italy).
"Airplane comprising a passenger pod" was invented by Alessandro Cornali (Castenedolo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airplane mainly extending along an axis between a nose group and a tail group is provided. The airplane has a fuselage extending axially between the nose group and the tail group and having a fuselage wall internally defining a fuselage housing, wings extending transversely to the axis from the fuselage, and at least one passenger pod having a pod wall defining a pressurized passenger housing in which passengers are accommodable. ...