ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,228, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft" was invented by Kurt David Murrow (Liberty Township, Ohio), Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow (Montgomery, Ohio), Darek Tomasz Zatorski (Fort Wright, Ky.) and Dominic Barone (Centerville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft defines a vertical direction and includes a fuselage and a propulsion system comprising a power source and a plurality of vertical thrust electric fans driven by the power source. A wing extends from the fuselage. The plurality of vertical thrust electric fans are arranged along a length of t...