US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on May 26 for "Hybrid-electric and all-electric aircraft power systems" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,970, issued on May 26, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Hybrid-electric and all-electric aircraft power systems" was invented by Daniel Mackay (Thornhill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of servicing an aircraft includes, while the aircraft is on a ground, actuating a connector module of the aircraft to release a power system of the aircraft. The power system is moved away from the aircraft using a ground vehicle that is separate from the aircraft. A different power system is moved to the aircraft in place of the power system and the connector module is actuated to engage the different ...