ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,128, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for battery charging mode selection" was invented by Pedro Roberto Paterson Carleial (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Alex Clarabut (Santa Clara, Calif.), Paul Frihauf (San Jose, Calif.) and Ross Johnstal (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for charging an aircraft, comprising: a battery pack, an input device configured to enable a user to select between different charging modes, two main contactors connecting the battery pack to an electric propulsion unit (EPU) load and an auxiliary load, a EPU load contact...