ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,177, issued on July 29, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).
"Hybrid propulsion systems with power sharing" was invented by David Russell Trawick (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example aircraft includes a parallel propulsion unit, the parallel propulsion unit comprising: a propulsor configured to provide forward propulsion of the aircraft; a gas turbine engine configured to drive the propulsor; an electrical machine configured to generate, for output via one or more electrical busses, electrical energy using mechanical energy derived from the gas turbine engine; and a power sharing module configured to c...