ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,325, issued on July 8, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems, methods, and mechanical designs for inverters for eVTOL aircraft" was invented by Alan D. Tepe (Fremont, Calif.) and Michael Zwiers (Hudsonville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical propulsion system for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft comprises an electrical motor assembly and an inverter assembly. The inverter assembly comprises a housing, a capacitor assembly, at least one printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), and a plurality of positioning pins. The capacitor assembly comprises a center hole, at least one capac...