US Patent Issued to Archer Aviation on April 7 for "Systems and methods for retracting lift propeller in eVTOL aircraft" (Colorado, California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,051, issued on April 7, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for retracting lift propeller in eVTOL aircraft" was invented by Kerry Manning (Parker, Colo.), Nathan Storrs (Woodinville, Wash.) and Scott Graves (Felton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A VTOL aircraft includes a lift propeller configured to provide lift during takeoff, landing and hover operations. The lift propeller is configured to be stowed close to a boom surface when not in use during, e.g., cruise flight, to minimize drag around propeller surfaces. The lift propeller may be displaced vertically with respect to the boo...