US Patent Issued to Skyryse on Aug. 4 for "Four-axis mechanical controller" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,414, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Skyryse Inc. (El Segundo, Calif.).

"Four-axis mechanical controller" was invented by David Anthony Cowling (Bath, Great Britain), David James Manzanares (Snohomish, Wash.) and Gonzalo Javier Rey (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical controller provides four-axis control of a vehicle's position and movement. For example, the controller provides control of a vehicle's operations through a lateral axis, longitudinal axis, directional axis, and a grip axis (e.g., operating a thumbwheel of the mechanical controller that provides additional control inputs to the vehicle). The me...