ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,911, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to VERTICAL AEROSPACE GROUP Ltd. (London).

"Flying vehicle rotor arrangement" was invented by James Peck (London), Keith Walker (London), Guillaume Francois (London), William Delany (London) and Brett Peterson (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flying vehicle includes a first rotor assembly, a second rotor assembly and a second rotor assembly pylon arranged to mount the second rotor assembly to the remainder of the flying vehicle. The first rotor assembly and the second rotor assembly are located so that they are spaced in a longitudinal direction of the flying vehicle and so they are substa...