US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on March 24 for "Exhaust duct for hybrid aircraft powerplant" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,609, issued on March 24, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Exhaust duct for hybrid aircraft powerplant" was invented by David Menheere (Norval, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft system is provided that includes a propulsor rotor, an electric machine and a gas turbine engine. The electric machine is operatively coupled to and configured to drive rotation of the propulsor rotor. The gas turbine engine is operatively coupled to and configured to drive rotation of the propulsor rotor. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, an exhaust ...