US Patent Issued to AERO KNOWHOW on April 8 for "Tilt-wing aircraft" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,209, issued on April 8, was assigned to AERO KNOWHOW Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Tilt-wing aircraft" was invented by Shiu Lun Leong (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiment provides an aircraft with improved agility. The aircraft includes a main body, at least two wing assemblies, at least two motors, and a controller. The wing assemblies are attached to the main body. Each motor tilts one wing assembly with a tilting angle. The controller is connected with the motors for controlling the tilting angle of the wing assembly. Each wing assembly further includes a wing, a power plant, and a propeller that is driven by the powe...