ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,536, issued on April 15, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Aircraft power supply arrangements" was invented by Behzad Hagshenas (San Diego), Serge Dussault (Ste-Julie, Canada), Tim Sullivan (La Mesa, Calif.) and Francois Belleville (Varennes, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply arrangement (PSA) for an aircraft having an electrical system and an environmental control system (ECS) operatively connected to a cabin of the aircraft, the PSA has: at least one propelling engine; a secondary power unit (SPU) having a rotary engine, at least one generator in driving engagement with the rotary ...