US Patent Issued to Textron Innovations on Aug. 25 for "Ejectable battery system for an aircraft" (Washington, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,297, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Ejectable battery system for an aircraft" was invented by Yue Fan (Seattle), Tjepke Herringa (Dallas) and Albert G. Brand (North Richland Hills, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ejectable battery system for an aircraft is presented. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides for a battery pack that can be ejected from the aircraft in the event of a thermal runaway, aircraft malfunction, or impending crash. After ejection the battery can remain attached to the aircraft through a retaining tether. A shock absorber in-line with the tethe...