ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,087, issued on Oct. 27.
"Vertical take-off and landing aircraft with aft rotor tilting" was invented by Geoffrey C. Bower (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical take-off and landing aircraft may include a fuselage; at least one wing connected to the fuselage; a first plurality of proprotors mounted to the at least one wing, positioned at least partially forward of a leading edge of the at least one wing, and tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft; and a second plurality of...