ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,620, issued on May 20, was assigned to JetZero Inc. (Long Beach, Calif.).
"Tilting landing gear systems and methods" was invented by Mark A. Page (Cypress, Calif.), Jay Fletcher Kempf (Warren, Vt.), Blaine Knight Rawdon (Riverside, Calif.), Myles Leonard Baker (Long Beach, Calif.), Brent Tyler Scheneman (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Daniel Sean Stuewe (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Daniel Tran (Westminster, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for mechanically rotating an aircraft about its center-of-gravity (CG) are disclosed. The system can enable the rear, or main, landing gear to squat, while the nose landing gear raise...