US Patent Issued to Electra.aero on Sept. 8 for "System and method for controlling differential thrust of a blown lift aircraft" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,985, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Electra.aero Inc. (Manassas, Va.).

"System and method for controlling differential thrust of a blown lift aircraft" was invented by Robert John Hansman Jr. (Cambridge, Mass.), Christopher B. Courtin (Fairfax Station, Va.) and Oliver Masefield (Stans, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft may include a tail having a rudder and a pair of wings. The pair of wings may include at least one flap and at least one roll control device. The aircraft may also include at least two thrust-producing devices. The aircraft may also include a differential thrust control system including a compu...