US Patent Issued to IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University) on July 15 for "Subminiature drone comprising rotary artificial muscle motor and operating method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,657, issued on July 15, was assigned to IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Subminiature drone comprising rotary artificial muscle motor and operating method thereof" was invented by Seon Jeong Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jong Woo Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a subminiature drone including a rotary artificial muscle motor and a method of operating the same. The subminiature drone includes the rotary artificial muscle motor repeatedly twisted and untwisted according to whether a voltage is applied to generate a rotational force so that...