US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on June 3 for "Aircraft propulsion system and methods of feathering" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,400, issued on June 3, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Aircraft propulsion system and methods of feathering" was invented by Jean Thomassin (Ste Julie, Canada), Pierre Bertrand (Sherrington, Canada), Todd A. Spierling (Rockford, Ill.) and Chad M. Henze (Granby, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion system including at least first airmover, an electric motor configured to at least partially power the at least first airmover, wherein the first airmover includes a propeller having at least a first position configured to provide thrust to the aircraft and a second position configure...