ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,554, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Controller for an aircraft assembly" was invented by Parminder Sangha (Solihull, Great Britain) and Andrew Mclean (Halesowen, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller for an aircraft assembly. The aircraft assembly includes a permanent magnet motor. The controller is configured to control the permanent magnet motor according to a damping mode. In the damping mode the controller receives electrical energy from the permanent magnet motor, wherein the electrical energy is produced as a result of kinetic energy in the aircraft assembly....