ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,551, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BETA AIR LLC (South Burlington, Vt.).

"System for controlling a propulsor assembly of an electric aircraft" was invented by Kyle Brookes (Richmond, Vt.), Collin Freiheit (Burlington, Vt.), Nicholas Moy (Burlington, Vt.) and Daniel Spira (Beaconsfield, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for controlling a propulsor assembly of an electric aircraft. The system may include an electric motor, wherein the electric motor may include a rotor and a stator, a propulsor driven by the electric motor configured to propel an electric aircraft. The propulsor may include a propeller. T...