US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Nov. 11 for "Method and apparatus for actively damping vibrations in a hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,513, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Method and apparatus for actively damping vibrations in 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: "A method of and system for damping vibrations in a hybrid-electric propulsion system configured to drive a propulsor is provided. The hybrid-electric propulsion system includes a thermal engine, an electric motor, and an inverter. The method includes: a) controlling the thermal engine and the electric motor to operate at a target propulsion parameter, where...