ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,136, issued on May 12, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN LITEF GMBH (Freiburg, Germany).

"Electrical device with indirect lightning protection, attitude and heading reference system, and aircraft" was invented by Peter Zeller (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device is disclosed, with indirect lightning protection, having an electrically conductive housing for housing electrical components. The electrical device has an electrical data interface connected to the electrical components in order to transmit electrical signals from the components out of the housing, or in order to transmit external electrical s...