US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on Feb. 24 for "Hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system and method" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,243, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system and method" was invented by Michael P. Smith (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion system for an aircraft is provided that includes an electric generator, a compressor, an internal combustion (IC) engine, a turbine, an electric power storage unit, and an electric motor. The compressor is configured to selectively produce a flow of compressor air at an air pressure greater than an ambient air pressure. The IC engine is configured to selectively intake compressor air during ope...