ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,157, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Joby Aero Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft" was invented by JoeBen Bevirt (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Alex Stoll (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical takeoff and landing using a set of wing mounted thrust producing elements for takeoff and landing. An aerial vehicle which is adapted to vertical takeoff with the rotors in a rotated, take-off attitude then transitions to a horizontal flight path, with the rotors rotated to a typical horizontal configuration. The aerial vehicle may have deployment mechanis...