US Patent Issued to Lockheed Martin on April 7 for "Parallel hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,071, issued on April 7, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"Parallel hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft" was invented by William J. Eadie (Cheshire, Conn.), Michael Strauss (Stratford, Conn.), Igor Cherepinsky (Stratford, Conn.), Vladimir Blasko (Stratford, Conn.) and Emre Gurpinar (Stratford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, includes a main rotor system, a gearbox mechanically connected to the main rotor system, a first gas turbine engine mechanically connected to the gearbox, a first electrical motor-generator mechanically connected to the first gas...