US Patent Issued to Joby Aero on Aug. 11 for "Integrated propulsion system and aircraft using same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,483, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Joby Aero Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Integrated propulsion system and aircraft using same" was invented by Gregor Veble Mikic (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and JoeBen Bevirt (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical take-off and landing aircraft with a multi-element lifting system with integrated propulsion. The multi-element lifting system may have an upper wing element, a lower wing element, and a control wing element which is located below the upper wing element and above, and rearward of, the lower wing element. The system uses internal propulsion units, such as internal ducted ...