US Patent Issued to Archer Aviation on March 31 for "Aircraft" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,869, issued on March 31, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Aircraft" was invented by Andreas Moebius (Wessling, Germany), Matt Wildoer (Wessling, Germany), Kilian Brath (Wessling, Germany) and Javier Sainz De La Maza (Wessling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft, particularly an aircraft for vertical take-off and landing. The aircraft includes a fuselage, and a variable lift body defining an aerofoil. The variable lift body is moveably attached to the fuselage. The variable lift body is pivotable around a first axis extending in the wing span direction. The rotary actuator is adapted to cause ...