US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on April 8 for "Hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system control system and method" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,332, issued on April 8, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system control system and method" was invented by Richard Freer (St-Basile-le-Grand, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid-electric propulsion (HEP) system is provided that includes a gas turbine engine, an electrical power motive system, a system controller, and a propulsor. The gas turbine engine has a free turbine configuration and a compressor. The electrical power motive system has first and second electric motors and first and second inverters. The gas turbine engine provides motive force to th...