ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,046, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Wisk Aero LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Distributed low voltage power generation architecture for battery electrified aircraft" was invented by Rui Gao (Santa Clara, Calif.), Michael John Burgart (Los Altos, Calif.) and Geoffrey Alan Long (Montara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power distribution systems, battery packs, and batteries employ battery modules that are connected in series to generate a high-voltage output and in parallel to generate a low-voltage output. A battery includes battery modules and a direct current to direct current converter. The battery modules are electrically...