ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,273, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Power management unit architecture" was invented by Stephen John Fedigan (Marana, Ariz.), Mahitha Velagapudi (Allen, Texas), Grant Allen Sweer (Owens Cross Roads, Ala.), Derek L. Budisalich (Decatur, Ala.), Eric C. Maugans (Tucson, Ariz.) and Andrew Thompson (Vail, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power management unit architecture including a set of batteries connected to a load via a bus; a controller in operative communication with the batteries; a telemetry unit in operative communication with the controller and the batteries; at least one power switch ...