ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,238, issued on April 29.
"Skyport for eSTOL" was invented by Bruno Mombrinie (Forestville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An urban air mobility building-top skyport for landing, loading and unloading, servicing, and parking short field takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, which includes a rotatable flight deck having at least one runway on which aircraft takeoff and land; a rotatable lower deck immediately below the flight deck and including an aircraft taxiway surrounding an enclosed central terminal with an elevator bank; and first and second aircraft ramps connecting the flight deck and the lower deck on which to taxi aircra...