ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,312, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Volocopter GmbH (Bruchsal, Germany).
"Aircraft and method for flight control of an aircraft during flight" was invented by Johannes Stephan (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for flight control of an aircraft with multiple actuators during flight is disclosed. For each actuator, a control command is computed according to at least one predetermined control law and based on pilot inputs and sensor measurements in relation to a physical state of the aircraft. The respective control commands are provided to the actuators. The control commands are independently monitored by ...