US Patent Issued to LEONARDO on July 8 for "Aircraft capable of hovering and method for transporting a load suspended from such aircraft" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,311, issued on July 8, was assigned to LEONARDO S.P.A. (Rome).

"Aircraft capable of hovering and method for transporting a load suspended from such aircraft" was invented by Filippo Franchi (Samarate, Italy), Fabio Iasi (Samarate, Italy) and Daniele Robustelli (Samarate, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described an aircraft configured to be able to hover, comprising a fuselage; and a support element adapted to support a load, made of elastically deformable material and constrained to said fuselage; the support element being movable in an operating position in which it is arranged at least partially outside said fuselage ...