US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on Aug. 4 for "Combined offset gearbox arrangement for hybrid-electric powerplant" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,090, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Combined offset gearbox arrangement for hybrid-electric powerplant" was invented by Michel Abdelnour (Greenfield Park, Canada), Eric S. Durocher (Boucherville, Canada) and Daniel Ouimette (Terrebonne, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion system for an aircraft is provided. The propulsion system includes an engine including a first input shaft and a drivetrain coupled to the first input shaft. The drivetrain includes an output shaft, a gear assembly, an electric motor, and a second input shaft. The gear assembly includes a main gear ...