US Patent Issued to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS on Nov. 11 for "Method for controlling a multi-engine rotary-wing aircraft with reduced fuel consumption on the ground" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,569, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).

"Method for controlling a multi-engine rotary-wing aircraft with reduced fuel consumption on the ground" was invented by Bernard Krier (Carry-Le-Rouet, France) and Ivan Chassagne (Franqueville-St-Pierre, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling an aircraft having at least two engines burning fuel and a transmission system connected to a rotary wing, each engine having a power shaft connected to the transmission system. An energy-saving phase comprises at least one energy-saving period comprising controlling, at an active rating, with...