US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Oct. 21 for "Aerial vehicles, cooperative flying systems, and methods of operating the same" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,124, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Aerial vehicles, cooperative flying systems, and methods of operating the same" was invented by Gary E. Georgeson (Tacoma, Wash.) and Joseph L. Hafenrichter (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial vehicle includes a wing body, a first wingtip, a second wingtip, a first edge, and a second edge. The aerial vehicle includes a pair of coaxial rotors configured to rotate in opposite rotational directions about a vehicle axis and a drive assembly configured to rotate the coaxial rotors. A controller is configured to selectively control thrust produced by th...