ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,447, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and apparatus for providing ground support services to aircrafts" was invented by Steve Mackin (Arlington, Va.) and Efrem Ayichew (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to systems and apparatus for providing ground support services to aircrafts. An exemplary system may include a ground support apparatus. The ground support apparatus may include at least one motor controller configured to receive input power and to supply output power. The ground support apparatus may also include a motor configured to receive the ou...