US Patent Issued to Archer Aviation on May 26 for "Flying wing vertical take-off and landing aircraft" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,210, issued on May 26, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Flying wing vertical take-off and landing aircraft" was invented by Geoffrey C. Bower (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a flying wing comprising a passenger compartment, a first set of rotors positioned at least partially forward of a leading edge of the flying wing, and a second set of rotors positioned at least partially rearward of a trailing edge of the flying wing. The first set of rotors may include at least four rotors and the second set of rotors may comprise at least two ...