ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,634, issued on July 15, was assigned to Anduril Industries Inc. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
"Assembly for dual engine vertical take off and landing collapsible fixed wing aircraft" was invented by Dane Michael Chantrill (Irvine, Calif.) and Gregory Joseph Toland (Escondido, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a method of assembling or disassembling an aircraft. The assembly method includes a mounting a first engine nacelle to a first wing, mounting a second engine nacelle to a second wing, causing the first wing to be extended relative to a center wing, and causing the second wing to be extended relative...