ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,834, issued on July 1, was assigned to TowFLEXX MilTech Inc. (New Castle, Del.).
"Modular high-current battery management system" was invented by Axel Schickling (Visbek, Germany), Tobias Strobl (Las Vegas) and Maik Rauser (Cloppenburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft tow vehicle comprises a vehicle body, a turntable lifting unit coupled to the vehicle body configured to engage with an aircraft nose landing gear, and a modular high-current battery management system. The system includes at least one removable battery pack module housed within the vehicle body, comprising a battery frame housing a plurality of lithium...