ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,849, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Energy optimization for a hybrid electric engine" was invented by Neil Terwilliger (Meriden, Conn.) and Keith J. Kucinskas (West Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes providing the hybrid electric engine, the hybrid electric engine having a gas generating core and an electric machine powered by electric energy. The method further includes determining, by a processing device, whether a use of the electric energy will increase time on wing of the hybrid electric engine of the aircr...