ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,301, issued on July 8, was assigned to Unmanned Aerospace LLC (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Blade pitch detection for an aerial vehicle" was invented by Gad Shaanan (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blade pitch detection apparatus for an aircraft having a lower rotor hub assembly and an upper rotor hub assembly, the upper rotor hub assembly including a blade pitch adjustment linkage configured to maintain the rotor blades at a first blade pitch while a rotational velocity of the upper rotor hub assembly is below a threshold and to maintain the rotor blades at a second blade pitch while the rotational velocity is above a thresh...