US Patent Issued to Aerhart on Oct. 6 for "Vertical takeoff and landing aeronautical apparatus with a folding wing" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,915, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Aerhart LLC (Malibu, Calif.).

"Vertical takeoff and landing aeronautical apparatus with a folding wing" was invented by Kevin Burns (Malibu, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric VTOL aeronautical apparatus is disclosed that has folding wings each having an inboard wing portion coupled to an outboard portion via a hinge. Folding wings are known to be used during flight, although using a motor to fold and unfold the wings. In the present disclosure, the motor with its concomitant weight and complication is obviated or reduced by employing the force generated by deploying a control surf...