ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,233, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Joby Aero Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"VTOL aircraft using fixed forward canted rotors" was invented by Gregor Veble Mikic (Santa Cruz, Calif.), JoeBen Bevirt (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Alex Stoll (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical take-off and landing aircraft and method which uses fixed rotors for both VTOL and forward flight operations. The wing rotors are tilted forward and provide some forward propulsion during horizontal flight. The wing rotors are under power during forward flight and provide some lift during horizontal flight. The fraction of lift provided by the...