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US 12,600,470 · App. 19/237,658 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Vertical take-off and landing aircraft

Inventors: Geoffrey C. Bower (Sunnyvale, CA); Thomas P. Muniz (San Jose, CA); Brett Adcock (Los Altos Hills, CA); Adam Goldstein (New York, NY); Calder Richmond Hughes (Portland, OR); Zachary Robert Timm Hazen (Portland, OR); Chad Stuart Kossar (Hood River, OR)
Assignee: Archer Aviation Inc.
B64C29/0033B64C9/00B64C27/54B64D27/34B64D27/357B64D31/16
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Patent No.
US 12,600,470
App. No.
19/237,658
Filed
Jun 13, 2025
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3642
USPC
244/7A
Abstract

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.

Claims (65)

1 . A vertical take-off and landing aircraft comprising:

a fuselage;

a single pair of wings connected to the fuselage or a single wing extending across the fuselage;

a plurality of rotors connected to the single wing or single pair of wings for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft, the plurality of rotors including three rotors on a first side of the fuselage and three rotors on a second side of the fuselage; and

a plurality of proprotors connected to the single wing or single pair of wings, the plurality of proprotors tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for the vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft, the plurality of proprotors including three proprotors on the first side of the fuselage and three proprotors on the second side of the fuselage;

wherein:

a first proprotor of the plurality of proprotors on the first side of the fuselage is canted at a fixed cant angle relative to a second proprotor of the plurality of proprotors such that a rotational axis of the first proprotor is non-parallel with a rotational axis of the second proprotor when the first proprotor and the second proprotor are in the lift configuration;

a third proprotor of the plurality of proprotors on the first side of the fuselage is canted at a fixed cant angle relative to the second proprotor of the plurality of proprotors such that a rotational axis of the third proprotor is non-parallel with the rotational axis of the second proprotor when the third proprotor and the second proprotor are in the lift configuration;

the first proprotor and the third proprotor are both canted away from the fuselage;

the first proprotor is an innermost proprotor on the first side of the fuselage, and

the third proprotor is an outermost proprotor on the first side of the fuselage.

2 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein a first rotor of the plurality of rotors on the first side of the fuselage is canted at a fixed cant angle relative to a second rotor of the plurality of rotors such that a rotational axis of the first rotor is non-parallel with a rotational axis of the second rotor;

a third rotor of the plurality of rotors on the first side of the fuselage is canted at a fixed cant angle relative to the second rotor of the plurality of rotors such that a rotational axis of the third rotor is non-parallel with the rotational axis of the second rotor; and

the first rotor and the third rotor are both canted toward the fuselage or are both canted away from the fuselage.

3 . The aircraft of claim 2 , wherein a rotor cant angle between the rotational axis of the first rotor and a vertical axis of the aircraft is between 0 degrees and 30 degrees.

4 . The aircraft of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one battery configured to power the plurality of rotors and the plurality of proprotors, the at least one battery comprising a first battery located in the single wing or single pair of wings.

5 . The aircraft of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one battery configured to power the plurality of rotors and the plurality of proprotors, the at least one battery comprising a first battery located in the fuselage.

6 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of rotors are rearward of the single wing or single pair of wings and the plurality of proprotors are forward of the single wing or single pair of wings.

7 . The aircraft of claim 6 , comprising a plurality of booms mounted to the single wing or single pair of wings, each boom mounting one rotor and one proprotor to the single wing or single pair of wings.

8 . The aircraft of claim 7 , wherein each boom of the plurality of booms is configured such that a first minimum distance in a direction along a length of the respective boom between a blade tip of the one proprotor and a leading edge of the single wing or single pair of wings is greater than a second minimum distance in the direction along the length of the respective boom between a blade tip of the one rotor and a trailing edge of the single wing or single pair of wings.

9 . The aircraft of claim 7 , wherein the first proprotor is forward of the third proprotor.

10 . The aircraft of claim 7 , wherein:

a first boom of the plurality of booms mounts a first rotor of the plurality of rotors and the first proprotor; and

a second boom of the plurality of booms mounts a second rotor of the plurality of rotors and the third proprotor,

wherein the first rotor is rearward of the second rotor.

11 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein a cant angle of any rotor or proprotor is such that a respective burst disc cannot intersect with passengers or a pilot.

12 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein a cant angle of any rotor or proprotor is such that a respective burst disc cannot intersect with any flight-critical component.

13 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein a proprotor cant angle between the rotational axis of the first proprotor and a vertical axis of the aircraft is between 0 degrees and 30 degrees.

14 . The aircraft of claim 1 , further comprising a control system configured to actively alter a tilt of at least one proprotor to generate yawing moments during take-off, landing and/or hover.

15 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein a range of tilt of the plurality of proprotors is greater than ninety degrees.

16 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein a range of tilt of the third proprotor is about 100 degrees.

17 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein all of the rotors and proprotors are mounted to the single wing or single pair of wings.

18 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein at least two proprotors of the plurality of proprotors are on a same side of the fuselage and are aligned such that their blade rotation planes are coplanar when the at least two proprotors are in the propulsion configuration.

19 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of rotors comprises an outermost rotor, and wherein a rotational axis of the outermost rotor is tilted rearward or forward relative to a vertical axis of the aircraft.

20 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of rotors comprises an innermost rotor, and wherein a rotational axis of the innermost rotor is tilted rearward or forward relative to a vertical axis of the aircraft.

21 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein each proprotor comprises five blades.

22 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein attack angles of blades of the plurality of proprotors are collectively adjustable during flight.

23 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the single wing or single pair of wings has a forward swept trailing edge.

24 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the second proprotor is on the first side of the fuselage.

25 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the second proprotor is on the second side of the fuselage opposite the first side of the fuselage.

26 . The aircraft of claim 1 , further comprising:

a fourth proprotor on the second side of the fuselage,

wherein:

the second proprotor and the fourth proprotor are both canted at fixed cant angles toward the fuselage or are both canted at fixed cant angles away from the fuselage;

the first proprotor is canted by an amount that is equal and opposite to the second proprotor; and

the third proprotor is canted by an amount that is equal and opposite to the fourth proprotor.

27 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein:

in the propulsion configuration, all forward thrust is provided by the plurality of proprotors.

28 . The aircraft of claim 1 , wherein each rotor comprises more than two blades.

29 . A vertical take-off and landing aircraft comprising:

a fuselage;

a single pair of wings connected to the fuselage or a single wing extending across the fuselage;

a plurality of rotors connected to the single wing or single pair of wings for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft, the plurality of rotors including three rotors on a first side of the fuselage and three rotors on a second side of the fuselage; and

a plurality of proprotors connected to the single wing or single pair of wings, the plurality of proprotors tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for the vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft, the plurality of proprotors including three proprotors on the first side of the fuselage and three proprotors on the second side of the fuselage;

wherein:

a first proprotor of the plurality of proprotors on the first side of the fuselage is canted at a fixed cant angle relative to a second proprotor of the plurality of proprotors such that a rotational axis of the first proprotor is non-parallel with a rotational axis of the second proprotor when the first proprotor and the second proprotor are in the lift configuration;

a third proprotor of the plurality of proprotors on the first side of the fuselage is canted at a fixed cant angle relative to the second proprotor of the plurality of proprotors such that a rotational axis of the third proprotor is non-parallel with the rotational axis of the second proprotor when the third proprotor and the second proprotor are in the lift configuration;

the first proprotor and the third proprotor are both canted away from the fuselage;

a first rotor of the plurality of rotors on the first side of the fuselage is canted at a fixed cant angle relative to a second rotor of the plurality of rotors such that a rotational axis of the first rotor is non-parallel with a rotational axis of the second rotor;

a third rotor of the plurality of rotors on the first side of the fuselage is canted at a fixed cant angle relative to the second rotor of the plurality of rotors such that a rotational axis of the third rotor is non-parallel with the rotational axis of the second rotor;

the first rotor and the third rotor are both canted away from the fuselage;

the first rotor is an innermost rotor on the first side of the fuselage, and

the third rotor is an outermost rotor on the first side of the fuselage.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT Recorded Mar 9, 2026
From: ADCOCK, BRETT
To: ARCHER AVIATION INC.
Reel/Frame 075092/0613 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2026
From: BOWER, GEOFFREY C.; MUNIZ, THOMAS P.; GOLDSTEIN, ADAM; HUGHES, CALDER RICHMOND; HAZEN, ZACHARY ROBERT TIMM; KOSSAR, CHAD STUART
To: ARCHER AVIATION INC.
Reel/Frame 074015/0458 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17955103 · Sep 28, 2022
Continuation 16878380 · May 19, 2020
Related Publication 20250304250A1 · Oct 2, 2025
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