ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,296, issued on May 5, was assigned to PEGASUS AERONAUTICS Corp. (Waterloo, Canada).
"Hybrid powertrain system and method" was invented by Matthew Mcroberts (Waterloo, Canada), Joseph Kinsella (Waterloo, Canada), John Biskey (Waterloo, Canada) and Carl Engelmann (Waterloo, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid powertrain system and method includes a prime mover driving a generator/motor to produce an AC power output. The AC power output is applied to a rectifier which is controlled to transform the applied AC power to DC power to supply a DC Power bus at a selected voltage and current. An energy storage device is also connected...