US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand, Pratt & Whitney Canada on Jan. 27 for "Vortex turbines for a hybrid-electric aircraft" (Georgia, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,014, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) and Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Vortex turbines for a hybrid-electric aircraft" was invented by Mitchell Sanders (Atlanta) and Todd A. Spierling (Rockford, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion system includes a hybrid-electric power plant for delivering power to an air mover for propelling an aircraft. The hybrid-electric power plant includes a heat engine operatively connected to a first air mover, and an electric motor operatively connected to a second air mover. The second air mover is positioned on a wi...