US Patent Issued to Sonin Hybrid on Aug. 25 for "Systems and methods for controlling engine speed and/or pitch of propulsion members for aerial vehicles" (American, South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,628, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Sonin Hybrid LLC (Atlanta).

"Systems and methods for controlling engine speed and/or pitch of propulsion members for aerial vehicles" was invented by Curtis Asa Foster (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Raymond Samuel Trey Davenport III (Gillsville, Ga.) and Steven Brian Shenker (Cape Town, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powertrain for an aerial vehicle may include a mechanical power source and a propulsion member coupled to the mechanical power source and configured to be coupled to the chassis and convert at least a portion of the mechanical power supplied by the mechanical power source int...