ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,610, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Hybrid electric engine power distribution" was invented by Arnab Roy (West Hartford, Conn.), Marc J. Muldoon (Marlborough, Conn.), Neil Terwilliger (Meridan, Conn.) and Nancy Poisson (Avon, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method for managing battery usage for a hybrid electric engine of an aircraft. The method includes receiving a flight plan comprising flight plan data for a flight of an aircraft. The method further includes receiving battery data about a battery system of the aircraft. The method fur...