US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Dec. 2 for "Model-based speed governing for variable-pitch propeller" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,023, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Model-based speed governing for variable-pitch propeller" was invented by Gabriel Meunier (Saint-Bruno, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling a variable-pitch propeller of an aircraft are provided. A method for controlling the variable-pitch propeller includes using a feedback controller, operating the variable-pitch propeller at a current operating condition including a current rotational speed, determining a speed error between the current rotational speed of the variable-pitch propeller and a set point rotat...