US Patent Issued to Maglev Aero on Aug. 11 for "Systems and methods for improved rotor assembly for use with a stator" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,484, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Maglev Aero Inc. (Hopkinton, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for improved rotor assembly for use with a stator" was invented by Ian Morris Randall (Hopkinton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods relate to a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) platform that can include a stator and a rotor magnetically levitated by the stator. The rotor and stator can be annular, such that the rotor rotates about a rotational axis. The stator can include magnets that provide guidance, levitation, and drive forces to drive the rotor, as well as to control operation of rotor blades of the rotor t...