ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,495, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ISHIKAWA ENERGY RESEARCH Co. LTD. (Ota, Japan) and Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Flight device and flight device control method" was invented by Mitsuru Ishikawa (Ota, Japan) and Hiroyuki Nagashima (Ota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a flight device and a flight device control method that ensure safety even if a defect occurs in a power connection/disconnection unit. Rotor-side power transmission units 26 of a flight device 10 include first and second rotor-side power transmission units 261 and 262. Power connection/disconnection units 27 transmit power according to condition...