US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on April 21 for "Aircraft powerplant(s) for an aircraft with electric machine controlled propulsor speed" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,313, issued on April 21, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Aircraft powerplant(s) for an aircraft with electric machine controlled propulsor speed" was invented by Daniel Alecu (Brampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft system includes a propulsor, a powerplant and a control system. The powerplant is configured to output mechanical power to drive rotation of the propulsor. The powerplant includes a heat engine and an electric machine. The heat engine is configured to provide a first portion of the mechanical power. The electric machine is conf...