US Patent Issued to LEONARDO on Nov. 11 for "Helicopter, helicopter kit and associated reconfiguration method" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,542, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to LEONARDO S.P.A. (Rome).

"Helicopter, helicopter kit and associated reconfiguration method" was invented by Stefano Melone (Samarate, Italy), Gabriele Campanardi (Samarate, Italy), Luca Medici (Samarate, Italy), Alessandro Scandroglio (Samarate, Italy) and Riccardo Bianco Mengotti (Samarate, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helicopter is described comprising a fuselage elongated along a first axis and extending between a nose and a tail boom; a tailplane with a pair of first aerodynamic surfaces elongated along a second axis; the first and second axis define a first plane; the helicopter c...