US Patent Issued to AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP on Feb. 3 for "Emergency backup power source and control circuit for electrically operated aircraft window shades" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,957, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC. (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"Emergency backup power source and control circuit for electrically operated aircraft window shades" was invented by Mario Ceste (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Mohamed Mohamed (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emergency backup power source for an electrically controlled and motorized window shade unit includes an input power switch, and charge and discharge control circuit, and a supercapacitor bank. During normal operation a nominal voltage level from a main power source of the aircraft is provided directly to the window shade unit ...