ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,094, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Inceptor assembly" was invented by Alberto Caruso (Gaunting, Germany), Markus Stephan (Gaunting, Germany) and Johannes Ketisch (Gaunting, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inceptor assembly for an aircraft includes a support structure, an armrest being attached to the support structure, and an inceptor being attached to the support structure or the armrest. The inceptor, the support structure and/or the armrest are adjustable to adjust at least from a stored position to an elevated position on an elevating path and from the elevated position to th...