US Patent Issued to CHC LEASING S.A R.L on March 3 for "Optimization of flight routes for emissions" (Dutch, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,334, issued on March 3, was assigned to CHC LEASING S.A R.L (Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxembourg).

"Optimization of flight routes for emissions" was invented by Jacob Bart (Den Helder, Netherlands), Ondrej Lorenz (Perth, Australia) and Rob Oudhuis (Den Helder, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for optimizing energy usage and/or emissions for a given flight by providing an optimum profile for an aerial vehicle. The systems can utilize weather data and a performance model of the aerial vehicle to calculate energy usage by the aerial vehicle at various altitudes and speeds along the flight route. The syste...