ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,539, issued on May 5, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Method and system for mitigating an electric motor fault in an aircraft power plant" was invented by Alireza Gharagozloo (Boucherville, Canada) and Michael Hanna (Beaconsfield, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for operating an aircraft power plant including an electric motor configured to propel an aircraft are provided. The methods and systems are used to mitigate a fault associated with the electric motor. The method includes receiving a power request from a power lever of the aircraft and using a controller to control th...