ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,917, issued on June 9, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Power management unit battery switchover topology" was invented by Mahitha Velagapudi (Allen, Texas), Stephen John Fedigan (Marana, Ariz.) and Eric C. Maugans (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power management unit having battery switchover topology including a first battery in operative communication with a first battery first power switch in parallel with a first battery second power switch, and in operative communication with a first battery power dump unit; a second battery in operative communication with a second battery first power switch in par...