ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,386, issued on July 1, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis) and Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis).
"Circular configuration of battery cells for aircraft" was invented by Riggs Baxter (Indianapolis), Peter Laux (Indianapolis), Mathew Hill (Indianapolis) and John Timothy Alt (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system includes one or more battery modules, a battery module of the one or more battery modules comprising: a cylindrical pressure vessel; a cooling channel extending axially through the cylindrical pressure vessel; and one or more battery packs within the cylindrical pres...