US Patent Issued to Vittorio Badalassi on March 18 for "Vertical take off and landing flying machine" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,244, issued on March 18, was assigned to Vittorio Badalassi (London).

"Vertical take off and landing flying machine" was invented by Vittorio Badalassi (Poole, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) flying machine. The machine includes a ducted fan having an intake side and an outlet side, at least two co-axial rotors configured to contra-rotate about a fan axis X when driven in rotation; a primary drive source arranged substantially co-axially with the ducted fan and to the outlet side of the ducted fan; and first and second thrust air ducts configured to split thrust from the ducted fan...