ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,577, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NORAERO AS (Vear, Norway).

"Attitude control system for a multirotor crossflow fan eVTOL airborne craft" was invented by Kim Schlunke (City Beach, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling yaw during vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) operation of an airborne craft, where the airborne craft comprises multiple crossflow fan lift, propulsion and control elements (LPCEs) disposed around a central longitudinal fuselage in a compact quadrotor format comprises: means for vectoring the thrust from one or more of the LPCEs on one side of the craft from a substantially vertical...