ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,211, issued on April 29, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Aircraft" was invented by Masahiko Asanuma (Wako, Japan), Hiroki Oyama (Wako, Japan), Kohei Maruyama (Wako, Japan), Kazuma Yoshii (Wako, Japan), Naoyuki Togo (Wako, Japan) and Yuji Ishitsuka (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Four or more rotors installed on an aircraft include: a pair of first rotors that are left/right symmetrically arranged in front of a front wing about a position overlapping the central axis of a fuselage in plan view; and a pair of second rotors that are left/right symmetrically arranged between the front wing and a rear wing about ...