ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,011, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to GERMANIUMTECH GMBH (Dresden, Germany).
"Transport unit for an aircraft, and aircraft" was invented by Werner Hufenbach (Dresden, Germany) and Jens Werner (Coswig, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a transport unit (1) for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft (100) for transporting people and/or loads. The transport unit (1) comprises a transport facility (2), at least one fastening element (3), configured for fastening the transport unit (1) to a flight unit (10) of the aircraft (100), and a positioning device (4). The positioning device (4) is configured for cha...