US 12649572 B2 / Jun 9, 2026

Vertical take-off and landing aircraft

A vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a fuselage, at least one wing connected to the fuselage, a plurality of rotors connected to the at least one wing for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and a plurality of proprotors connected to the at least one wing and tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft.

Publication details

Recorded assignee
Archer Aviation Inc.
Publication number
US 12649572 B2
Publication type
Utility patent grant
Publication date
Jun 9, 2026
Filing date
Jun 13, 2025
CPC classes
B64C29/0033, B64C9/00, B64C27/26, B64C27/28, B64C27/54, B64C29/00, B64C29/0025, B64D27/34, B64D27/357, B64D31/16
Inventors
Bower; Geoffrey C., Muniz; Thomas P., Adcock; Brett, Goldstein; Adam, Hughes; Calder Richmond, Hazen; Zachary Robert Timm, Kossar; Chad Stuart

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