US Patent Issued to Archer Aviation on Aug. 25 for "Battery and engine architecture for VTOL aircraft" (Oregon, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,578, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Battery and engine architecture for VTOL aircraft" was invented by William Martin Waide (Central Point, Ore.) and Abraham Karem (Santa Ana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ""Apparatus, systems, and methods are contemplated for electric powered vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft engineered to carry safely carry at least 500 pounds (approx. 227 kg). It is contemplated that one or more rotors generate a significant amount of lift (e.g., 70%) during rotorborne flight (e.g., vertical takeoff, hover, etc), and tilt to provide forward propulsio...