ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,219, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to NORAERO AS (Vear, Norway).
"System for lift, propulsion and control of an airborne craft" was invented by Kim Schlunke (City Beach, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing lift, propulsion and control for an aircraft vehicle that facilitates vertical take-off and landing/short take-off and landing operations is described. The system is configured to provide an airfoil that has a leading and a trailing edge, a cross flow fan partially embedded in the airfoil and mounted adjacent to the trailing edge of the airfoil and an exit duct for the cross flow fan to provide distrib...