ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,983, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Propulsion system control" was invented by Peter Swann (Derby, Great Britain), Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), Alastair G Hobday (Derby, Great Britain), Benjamin J Keeler (Derby, Great Britain) and Christopher P Madden (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power system for an aircraft comprises a gas turbine engine, arranged to burn a fuel in a combustor so as to provide power to the aircraft; a plurality of fuel tanks arranged to contain fuel to be used to provide power to the aircraft; and a fuel manager. A first fuel tank of the plurality o...