ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,491, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Sonin Hybrid LLC (Atlanta).
"Powertrain for aerial vehicle" was invented by Curtis Asa Foster (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Raymond Samuel Trey Davenport III (Gillsville, Ga.) and Steven Brian Shenker (Cape Town, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powertrain for an aerial vehicle may include a mechanical power source and an electric power generation device mechanically coupled to the mechanical power source. The powertrain further may include an electric motor electrically coupled to the electric power generation device. A first propulsion member may be mechanically coupled to the mechanical power...