ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,959, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).

"System for protecting an electrical circuit for an aircraft" was invented by Jean-Francois Allias (Toulouse, France) and Florian Carpentier (Blagnac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical protection system for protecting an electrical circuit comprising a generator and a plurality of electrical apparatuses, each apparatus comprising a chassis. The protection system comprises a first link associated with each apparatus, connecting the chassis of the apparatus to an earth, and comprising a protection resistor. For at least one electrical ap...