US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on Nov. 3 for "Power management between a heat engine and an electric machine for an aircraft powerplant" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,440, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Power management between a heat engine and an electric machine for an aircraft powerplant" was invented by Thomas T. Ricci (Pointe-Claire, Canada), Frank Paoletti (Longueuil, Canada) and Mark Cunningham (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operation is provided during which rotation of a propulsor rotor of an aircraft is driven using mechanical power output from a powerplant. The powerplant includes a heat engine and an electric machine. The heat engine provides a first portion of the mechanical power. The electric machine provide...