ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,476, issued on July 22, was assigned to Anduril Industries Inc. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
"Fuel distribution for vertical take-off dual-engine aircraft" was invented by Matthew J. Goldberg (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Gregory Joseph Toland (Escondido, Calif.), Kevin Heffelfinger (Gardena, Calif.) and Lane Iverson (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses an aircraft configured for vertical take-off and landing and horizontal flight. The aircraft includes (i) a first nacelle fuel tank configured to hold a first fuel supply for a first engine and to selectively provide fuel to the first engine du...