ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,420, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Electric power arrangement for propulsion" was invented by Jonathan Mark Roadley-Battin (Birmingham, Great Britain) and Mital Shah (Harrow, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor drive system for a propulsion device. The system includes a battery stack having an earth terminal and an end terminal and an electric motor electrically connected to be powered by the battery stack. The motor is configured to be connected to drive the propulsion device, The system also includes: a power converter electrically connected between the b...