ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,243, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Method and system for operating a hybrid aircraft engine" was invented by Eric S. Durocher (Boucherville, Canada) and Michel Abdelnour (Greenfield Park, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method can include operating the hybrid aircraft power plant in a first mode of operation in which a plurality of controllable parameters including a fuel flow to the thermal engine and an electric power to the electric motor has a first set of values corresponding to a first power output; receiving a requested power output; determining a second set of ...