ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,552, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Method of reducing noise of aircraft having hybrid power plants" was invented by Jeremy Paul Francisco Gonzalez (Montreal) and Ninad Joshi (Brampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reducing noise includes: driving a first propulsor using one or more of the first electrical motor and the first thermal engine, and driving a second propulsor of the second hybrid power plant using one or more of the second electrical motor and the second thermal engine; receiving a signal indicative of an initial combined noise signature; determi...