US Patent Issued to Genesis Aerotech on April 29 for "Reaction jet helicopter" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,219, issued on April 29, was assigned to Genesis Aerotech Ltd. (Fintona, Great Britain).

"Reaction jet helicopter" was invented by Martin Leslie (Fintona, Great Britain), Patrick Mallon (Fintona, Great Britain) and Michael Rice (Fintona, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reaction-jet helicopter having an air compressor and a power source operable to power the compressor. The air compressor is in fluid communication with a cavity in a rotor blade of the reaction-jet helicopter. The rotor blade has one or more openings for the expulsion of compressed air from the cavity thereby resulting in rotation of the rotor blade. The ...