ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,633, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for, and components of, 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 propulsion system for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, the electric propulsion system including an electrical motor having a stator and a rotor. The electric propulsion system may include a main shaft possessing at least one shoulder on an outer surface of the main shaft. The electric propulsion system may include a gearbox assembly comprising a sun gear that is concentrically ali...