ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,598, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Best Tugs LLC (Spanish Fork, Utah).
"Remote power switch for an aircraft tug" was invented by Mark R. Patey (Spanish Fork, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates generally to aircraft tugs, which assist in the movement of small aircraft. More specifically, this disclosure relates to a remote power switch, which may also be referred to as an emergency tug shutoff (ETSO) switch, for remotely stopping movement of an aircraft tug. Systems that include such an aircraft tug and at least one remote power switch are also disclosed, as are methods for remotely stopping an aircraft t...