US Patent Issued to Archer Aviation on May 27 for "Systems and methods for improved gearboxes for evtol aircraft" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,091, issued on May 27, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for improved gearboxes for evtol aircraft" was invented by Scott Graves (Felton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric engine for a vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft comprising an electric motor assembly including a stator and a rotor. The electric engine may comprise an inverter assembly, a gearbox assembly including a sun gear, and a main shaft including a length of the main shaft that extends from a first end of the main shaft through the gearbox assembly and through the electric motor assembly to a second end of th...