US Patent Issued to BETA AIR on June 24 for "Emergency high voltage disconnection device for an electric aircraft" (Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,776, issued on June 24, was assigned to BETA AIR LLC (South Burlington, Vt.).

"Emergency high voltage disconnection device for an electric aircraft" was invented by Braedon Lohe (Essex Junction, Vt.), Sean Donovan (Richmond, Vt.), Nathan William Joseph Wiegman (Williston, Vt.) and Sam Wagner (South Burlington, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for emergency disconnection of a high voltage electrical connection between a power source and a high voltage component of an electric aircraft in response to a crash. The device includes a controller, where the controller is configured to receive a sensor datum from a sensor of devic...