ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,192, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DABICO AIRPORT SOLUTIONS GERMANY GmbH (Dietzenbach, Germany).
"Power supply system for an aircraft service pit" was invented by Michael Nees (Kahl, Germany) and Albrecht Bathon (Hosbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a device for unstowing an electrical supply cable from a storage chamber disposed within an underground service pit. The cable is configured to electrically connect to an electrical power supply at a first end and to connect to an external power socket of an aircraft at a second end for supplying electrical power to the aircraft. The devic...