ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,290, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Wisk Aero LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Power distribution circuits for electrically powered aircraft" was invented by Geoffrey Alan Long (Montara, Calif.) and Lewis Romeo Hom (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power distribution circuit for an electrically powered aircraft includes a plurality of batteries and a plurality of electric propulsion systems. A plurality of isolated power distribution circuits each couple a battery of the plurality of batteries to two or more electric propulsion systems. The plurality of electric propulsion systems are positioned on the aircraft...