US Patent Issued to Georgia Tech Research, United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA on Dec. 9 for "Electric VTOL aircraft with tilting propellers and lifting propellers" (Georgia, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,993, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta) and United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington).

"Electric VTOL aircraft with tilting propellers and lifting propellers" was invented by Brian Joseph German (Atlanta), Daniel Sagan (Atlanta), Jason R. Welstead (Atlanta) and Siena K. S. Bennett (Hampton, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical take-off or landing (VTOL) aircraft is disclosed that includes a propulsion system comprising at least four tilting propulsion assemblies and two or more lifting propulsion assemblies. Actuation of the tilting mechanisms can co...