US Patent Issued to ZIPAIR on May 27 for "Propulsion device and associated method for controlling the landing of such a propulsion device" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,082, issued on May 27, was assigned to ZIPAIR (Le Rove, France).

"Propulsion device and associated method for controlling the landing of such a propulsion device" was invented by Frankie Zapata (Le Rove, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion device includes a platform, a thrust unit, support means arranged to hold and support the thrust unit, integrally cooperating with the platform via one or more mechanical connections, projecting means, integrally cooperating via mechanical connections with the platform, a central foot, passing through the center of inertia of the propulsion device and integrally cooperating via a mec...