ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,248, issued on June 30, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for power distribution in electric aircraft" was invented by John Melack (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A electric aircraft power distribution system includes a first battery pack connected to at least a first load and to a common bus that connects the first battery pack in parallel to at least a second battery pack; a first electrical component electrically connected between the first battery pack and the first load and configured to disconnect the first load from the first battery pack in response to current a...