US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on Sept. 9 for "Electric motor propulsion system for an aircraft" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,940, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Electric motor propulsion system for an aircraft" was invented by Eric S. Durocher (Boucherville, Canada) and Michel Labrecque (Ste-Julie, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a propulsion system of an aircraft includes a gearbox module, an electric motor assembly, a first accessory load assembly, and a propulsor. The gearbox module includes a gear assembly and an output shaft. The gear assembly includes a main gear and a plurality of offset gears. The electric motor assembly includes an electric motor. The electric motor incl...