ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,943, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to JetZero Inc. (Long Beach, Calif.).
"Aircraft with fuel tanks stored aft of a cabin in a main body and a method for manufacturing" was invented by Thomas James O'Leary (Orange, Calif.), Terrence Kevin O'Leary Jr. (Dripping Springs, Texas), Blaine Knight Rawdon (San Pedro, Calif.) and Ronald Tatsuji Kawai (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft with fuel tanks stored aft of the main body and method of manufacturing an aircraft with fuel tanks stored aft of the main body. Aircraft includes a blended wing body, wherein the blended wing body includes a main body and a c...