US Patent Issued to OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES on Feb. 24 for "Vertical take-off and landing aircraft" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,234, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES (Palaiseau, France).

"Vertical take-off and landing aircraft" was invented by Armin Taghizad (Palaiseau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a fuselage, at least one propulsion system, at least four lift propellers and at least two fixed wing planes. The fixed wing planes which are located behind the most forward lift propellers are located above the lift propellers. The lift propellers are distributed on either side of at least one of the fixed wing planes and on either side of the fusel...