US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on May 13 for "System and method for controlling a propulsor for a hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,941, issued on May 13, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"System and method for controlling a propulsor for a hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system" was invented by Richard Freer (St-Basile-le-Grand, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes a propulsor, an engine, and electrical distribution system, and a controller. The propulsor is configured for rotation about a rotational axis. The engine includes a rotor coupled with the propulsor. The electrical distribution system includes an electric motor. The electric motor is coupled with the propulsor...