ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,931, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Airbus (S.A.S.) (Blagnac, France).

"Electrical arrangement for direct current electric systems" was invented by Gerhard Steiner (Mindelheim, Germany) and Florian Kapaun (Kirchseeon, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical arrangement for protection in a direct current electric system includes an input connection, positive and negative input terminals, an output connection with positive and negative output terminals, and a stepping converting component with a switching topology with first and second positive connectors and a ground connector. A first switch is between the first and ...