ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,166, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).

"Hybrid propulsion system power management" was invented by Michael P. Dougherty (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method of managing power in a hybrid propulsion system includes receiving, by one or more processors, a power demand that specifies an amount of power to be used to propel a vehicle that includes an electrical energy storage system (ESS) and one or more electrical generators, wherein the one or more electrical generators are configured to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy; determining, based on the power demand a ...