ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,551, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to VECTORED PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (North York, Canada).

"Aerial vehicle with uncoupled heading and orientation" was invented by Linar Ismagilov (North York, Canada) and Maksym Korol (Hamilton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial vehicle includes a hull containing the main processor, energy storage, support components such as sensors, wireless communication, and landing gear. Attached to the hull are at least three thrust or propulsion units each with two degrees of freedom from the hull allowing them to orient independently in any direction and apply thrust independently from th...