ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,784, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to BETA AIR LLC (South Burlington, Vt.).

"Systems and methods for pre-charging short circuit detection in electric aircraft" was invented by Herman Wiegman (South Burlington, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for pre-charging short circuit detection in electric aircraft. The system includes a charging connector and a controller communicatively connected to the charging connector. The charging connector includes a housing, at least a conductor, and at least a control signal conductor. The housing is configured to mate with an electric aircraft port of an electric aircraft. The at least a co...