ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,772, issued on May 13, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Hybrid electric propulsion system load share" was invented by David Alexander Hiett (Cincinnati), Stefan Joseph Cafaro (Maineville, Ohio), Robert Jon McQuiston (Cincinnati) and David Marion Ostdiek (Liberty Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for operating a hybrid-electric propulsion system having a first engine, a second engine, a first electric machine coupled to the first engine, and a second electric machine coupled to one of the first engine or the second engine. The method includes: receiving data indicative of a first...