US Patent Issued to Archer Aviation on Sept. 9 for "Systems and methods for controlling tilting of tiltable components of evtol aircraft" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,926, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for controlling tilting of tiltable components of evtol aircraft" was invented by Guy Bernard (Kirkland, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint assembly for an aircraft comprising: a joint comprising a first portion rotatably coupled to a second portion so that the first portion can rotate relative to the second portion; an actuator for rotating the first portion of the joint and comprising a connecting portion that connects to the first portion of the joint; and a latch moveable to a latched arrangement in which the latch pr...