ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,560, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Propulsion system for an aircraft" was invented by Michael Thomas Gansler (Mason, Ohio) and Robert Charles Hon (Fort Mitchell, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid-electric propulsion system includes a propulsor, a turbomachine, and an electrical system having an electric machine coupled to the turbomachine. A method for operating the propulsion system includes operating, by one or more computing devices, the turbomachine to rotate the propulsor and generate thrust for the aircraft; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, data indicative of ...