ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,025, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Ohmium International Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Aircraft electrical power supply system and method of supplying electrical power in an aircraft" was invented by Arne Ballantine (Incline Village, Nev.), Franklin Ballantine (Incline Village, Calif.), Glen Benson (San Jose, Calif.), Chockkalingam Karuppaiah (Fremont, Calif.), Kirsten Burpee (San Jose, Calif.) and Frederick Paul Freeland Jr. (Port Orchard, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft electrical power supply system includes a fuel cell auxiliary power unit (APU) that supplies auxiliary electrical power to an aircraft, a fuel cell p...