US Patent Issued to Aero Vironment on July 14 for "VTOL propeller adapter and method" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,573, issued on July 14, was assigned to Aero Vironment Inc. (Arlington, Va.).

"VTOL propeller adapter and method" was invented by Mark S. Arbiv (Granada Hills, Calif.) and Lindsay Aspinwall Sheppard (Simi Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one possible embodiment, a propeller adapter is provided which includes a base having at least one fastener hole therethrough and a propeller alignment boss extending upward from the base. Opposing capture walls extend upward from the base, each of the opposing capture walls have a lip extending inward to capture and retain corresponding opposing outside edges of a root portion of a p...