ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,627, issued on May 20, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Hexagonal ring wing aerial vehicle" was invented by Gur Kimchi (Seattle), Louis Leroi LeGrand III (Seattle), Dominic Timothy Shiosaki (Seattle) and Ricky Dean Welsh (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is an apparatus and method of an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle ("UAV") that can operate in either a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) orientation or a horizontal flight orientation. The aerial vehicle includes a plurality of propulsion mechanisms that enable the aerial vehicle to move in any of the six degrees of freedom (sur...