US Patent Issued to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS on Feb. 3 for "Multi-engine aircraft provided with economy operating mode and method applied" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,960, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).

"Multi-engine aircraft provided with economy operating mode and method applied" was invented by Stephane Cerqueira (Aix en Provence, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling an aircraft with a rotary wing provided with a power plant comprising a plurality of engines, the aircraft comprising a human-machine interface controlling a control member capable of acting on a longitudinal acceleration of the aircraft. During the economy operating mode during which one of the engines does not supply power, the method comprises measuring a forwar...