ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,867, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Propeller blade, propeller, power assembly, and multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Zailong Jiang (Shenzhen, China), Qi Li (Shenzhen, China) and Xiaoyu Chen (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blade includes a main body and an edge disposed around a periphery of the main body. A part of the edge includes a soft layer and an intermediate layer connected between the soft layer and the main body. The intermediate layer includes a soft component and a hard component stacked one on another when viewing in a cross-section alo...