US Patent Issued to BETA AIR on Aug. 12 for "System for a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with an in-boom lift propulsor" (Vermont Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,535, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BETA AIR LLC (South Burlington, Vt.).

"System for a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with an in-boom lift propulsor" was invented by Manon Danielle Belzile (Fairfield, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft with an in-boom lift propulsor includes a fuselage, a boom with a recess in the upper surface, and a lift propulsor comprising of a motor assembly and a propulsive element. Motor on the aircraft is operated through an interaction between the motor's magnetic field and electric current in a wire winding to generate force on a shaft of the motor. The in-boom lift propulsor helps p...