US Patent Issued to Archer Aviation on Dec. 2 for "Electric propulsion system for an aircraft including a motor located between a gearbox assembly and a propeller" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,021, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Electric propulsion system for an aircraft including a motor located between a gearbox assembly and a propeller" was invented by Scott Graves (Felton, Calif.), Alan D. Tepe (Fremont, Calif.) and Robert Wayne Moore (Auburn, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric propulsion system for a vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft having an inverter assembly, a gearbox assembly, an electric motor assembly. The inverter assembly, the gearbox assembly, and the electric motor assembly may be substantially aligned along an axis. The inverter assembly, a gea...