MUMBAI, India, Aug. 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647091124 A) filed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on July 27, 2026, for Power Supply Device.

Inventors include Matsunaga Yoshiki; Cho Shinatora; Watanabe Hiroki; and Kusawake Hiroaki.

The application for the patent was published on July 31, 2026, under issue no. 31/2026.

Abstract: Provided is a power supply device for supplying power to an electric propulsion machine that generates propulsion force of a spacecraft, the power supply device comprising: a plurality of batteries; a plurality of first switch units that are provided corresponding to each of two adjacent batteries, the switch units switching the connection between the corresponding two batteries to a series connection or a parallel connection; and a second switch unit that switches whether a power supply source is connected to each of the batteries.

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