US Patent Issued to Textron eAviation on April 7 for "Controller area network distribution system for aircraft" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,075, issued on April 7, was assigned to Textron eAviation Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Controller area network distribution system for aircraft" was invented by Rolf Anderson (Wichita, Kan.), Alec Mitchell (Wichita, Kan.), Amelie Lemoine (Montreal), William Valentine (Bel Aire, Kan.) and Steven G. Hagerott (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller area network (CAN) distribution system for an aircraft includes flight control computers (FCCS) for operation of the aircraft; a first bus bundle is in communication with the FCCs, and directs communication from the FCCs to a left front rotor assembly and a right rear rotor as...