ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,543, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Wisk Aero LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Emergency energy reserve solution for battery electrified aircraft" was invented by Rui Gao (Santa Clara, Calif.), Michael John Burgart (Los Altos, Calif.) and Geoffrey Alan Long (Montara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power distribution control approach employs power distribution buses that are controllably energized and de-energized to control which aerial vehicle systems received power based on the applicable operational mode. A method of controlling power distribution in an electrically powered vertical takeoff and landing aircraft includes ...