ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,423, issued on June 3, was assigned to ZIPAIR (Chateauneuf-les-Martigues, France).

"Method for controlling a thrust unit for a propulsion device" was invented by Frankie Zapata (Le Rove, France), Laurent Aulagnier (Marseilles, France) and Adrien Uhl (Aix-en-Provence, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for correcting the thrust vector created by a thrust unit associated with electrical correction means of the thrust vector. Such a thrust unit comprises a mechanical rotor moved in rotation by a rotary shaft of an internal combustion engine in response to a power command. Such a method comprises a ste...