US Patent Issued to ZSM Holdings on Dec. 9 for "Low-density fixed-wing cargo aircraft designs for enclosed non-buoyant transportation of wind turbine components" (North Carolina, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,979, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ZSM Holdings LLC (Dover, Del.).

"Low-density fixed-wing cargo aircraft designs for enclosed non-buoyant transportation of wind turbine components" was invented by Scott David Rewerts (Summerfield, N.C.) and Mark Emil Lundstrom (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixed-wing, powered, non-buoyant, enclosed cargo aircraft design for carrying low-density wind turbine components is disclosed. The cargo aircraft can include a fuselage defining a forward end, an aft end, and a continuous interior cargo bay that spans almost all of a length of the fuselage from the forward end to the aft end...