ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,488, issued on July 21, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Integrated flap control unit" was invented by Andreas Mobius (Munich), Sebastien Vermeiren (Munich), Daniel Wiegand (Wessling, Germany), Javier Sainz De La Maza (Wessling, Germany), Andreas Niedermeyer (Wessling, Germany), Pasqualino Donnini (Wessling, Germany) and Pedro Miranda (Wessling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an integrated controller unit controlling at least one engine motor and at least one servo motor, comprising a power link section connecting the controller unit to an external power supply and supplying power to indi...