US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 20 for "Power system controller failsafe cycling protection" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,325, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Power system controller failsafe cycling protection" was invented by Evelyn M. Matheson (Bothell, Wash.) and Daniel D. Church (Snohomish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples provide a method and system for inhibiting aircraft electrical power system controller failsafe state cycling in air mode condition. The electrical power system controller can include a bus power control unit (BPCU) or a generator control unit (GCU). A failsafe cycling protection indicator, such as a software flag or hardware electronic latch has a first configuration to indicate f...