ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,239, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"UAV having shroud cooling openings" was invented by David G. Fliszar (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Mathias Hintermann (Culver City, Calif.) and Russell Douglas Patton (Playa Vista, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A UAV including a shroud with cooling openings to cool electronics in the UAV. The shroud includes propeller openings surrounding respective propellers. The propeller openings include intake openings that draw air from outside the shroud into the shroud to cool UAV components. The propeller openings are formed at an interface between an upper porti...