ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,574, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to PteroDynamics Inc. (Moorpark, Calif.).
"Control of aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capabilities" was invented by Val Petrov (Brookline, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are computer-implemented methods for autonomously controlling an aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capabilities and folding wings that includes controlling a plurality of thrust producing components of an aircraft to cause the aircraft to rise vertically when wings of the aircraft are in a first folded configuration, where when the wings of the aircraft are in the first folded configuration, a ...