ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,594, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Joby Aero Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"Hybrid electrical architecture" was invented by Scott MacAfee (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid power distribution system for an aircraft includes a first and second set of electrically-powered devices, such as inverters, motors and so forth. A first battery system is coupled to one or more of the first set of electrically-powered devices and a first fuel cell is coupled to one or more of the first set of electrically-powered devices. A second battery system is coupled to one or more of the second set of electrically-powered device...