ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,047, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).

"DC electrical network" was invented by Etienne Foch (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DC electrical network intended to supply electricity to an electrical load via an electric power source. A first pole of the electric power source is linked to first ends of two first electrical lines, second ends of which are linked to one another, and also to a first pole of the electrical load via two stages of a contactor. A second pole of the electric power source is linked to first ends of two second electrical lines, second ends of which are li...