US Patent Issued to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS on Nov. 25 for "Method of optimizing the noise generated in flight by a rotorcraft" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,588, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).

"Method of optimizing the noise generated in flight by a rotorcraft" was invented by Nayibe Gomez (Aix En Provence, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of optimizing the noise generated by a hybrid power plant of a rotorcraft in flight, the hybrid power plant driving a main rotor of the rotorcraft in rotation and being provided with at least one engine, with at least one electric machine, and with at least one electrical energy source that electrically powers the electric machine. The method includes a determination step for determining a requi...