US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona on Sept. 29 for "Hybrid tilt propeller/tilt wing aircraft" (Arizona, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,020, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Hybrid tilt propeller/tilt wing aircraft" was invented by Israel Wygnanski (Tucson, Ariz.), Lutz Taubert (Tucson, Ariz.) and Michael Ol (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is directed to hybrid tilt propeller/tilt wing aircraft. The aircraft includes a fuselage, a first wing, and a second wing. The first wing and the second wing each include a fixed inner portion and an outer portion rotatably coupled to the inner portion. The aircraft includes a first propeller and a second propelle...