ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,607, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to THK Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Flying robot" was invented by Kaoru Hoshide (Tokyo), Masaki Shibuya (Tokyo), Jun Kawasaki (Tokyo), Tomonari Furukawa (Earlysville, Va.) and Abdullah Abdul-Dayem (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flying robot includes a body portion, a propulsion portion including a plurality of propulsion units configured to generate propulsion force by driving rotor blades, the plurality of propulsion units being provided at the body portion, a plurality of leg portions configured to support the body portion, each leg portion of the plurality of leg portions including at least on...