ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,316, issued on April 21, was assigned to Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems Corp. (Kirkland, Wash.).
"Distributed wireless power distribution system" was invented by Jeffrey A. Jouper (Outlook, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method to provide a power distribution network to wirelessly power sensors, micro powered devices and switches to perform passenger functions as needed. An example implementation in an aircraft is a switch used to control overhead reading lights, where the switch is wirelessly provided with power in order to operate, and where the switch communicates with and is controlled by a control syst...