ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,467, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Wisk Aero LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Aircraft with tilting fan assemblies" was invented by James Joseph Tighe (San Jose, Calif.) and Uri Tzarnotzky (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide an aircraft with one or more tilting fan assemblies that are configured to tilt between a forward flight position and a vertical lift position. The aircraft may also include a plurality of lift fan assemblies for vertical movement. The tilting fan assemblies may be coupled to the fuselage or wings of the aircraft via one or more tilting mechanisms. A control system coupled to t...