US Patent Issued to Electra.aero on April 7 for "System and method to minimize an aircraft ground turn radius" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,045, issued on April 7, was assigned to Electra.aero Inc. (Manassas, Va.).

"System and method to minimize an aircraft ground turn radius" was invented by Oliver Masefield (Stans, Switzerland) and Mark Drela (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for minimizing an aircraft turn radius are disclosed. For example, a method to minimize an aircraft turn radius may include receiving an activation signal from an activation switch. The activation switch may be configured allow a selected turn. The method may also include receiving a turn command in a direction of the selected turn. The method may also include tr...