US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on May 26 for "Multi-drive unit powerplant for an aircraft" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,224, issued on May 26, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Multi-drive unit powerplant for an aircraft" was invented by Roja Tabar (Boucherville, Canada) and Ann Marie Unnippillil (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for operating an aircraft system. During this operating method, a plurality of drive units are provided that include a thermal engine drive unit and an electric machine drive unit. A mechanical load is powered using a first of the drive units. The first of the drive units includes a first rotating structure. A parameter of the first rotating structure is monitored. A ...