ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,236, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Control assembly for aircraft propulsion systems" was invented by Michael Hanna (Beaconsfield, Canada) and Jing Fang (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion system assembly includes an aircraft propulsion system and a control assembly. The aircraft propulsion system includes a propulsor, an engine, and an electric motor. The engine includes a rotational assembly coupled to the propulsor. The electric motor includes a rotor coupled to the propulsor. The control assembly includes a propulsion system sensor assembly, a plura...