ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,187, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Thrust generator for rotorcraft" was invented by Ryuzaburo Kobayashi (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thrust generator for a rotorcraft includes: a support part detachably mounted to a base provided in the rotorcraft; a rotor shaft rotatably supported by the support part; multiple rotating blades joined to the rotor shaft; and a drive unit detachably mounted to the support part or the base, wherein an output shaft of the drive unit is detachably connected to the rotor shaft."
The patent was filed on Jan. 18, 2024, under Application No. 18/415,805....