US Patent Issued to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES on Dec. 30 for "Hybrid propulsion installation and method for controlling such an installation" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,917, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES (Bordes, France).

"Hybrid propulsion installation and method for controlling such an installation" was invented by Vincent Poumarede (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Jean-Philippe Jacques Marin (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid propulsion installation for an aircraft, including an internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber; at least one electricity generator; an electrical propulsion system; electromechanical protection mechanism arranged between the or each electricity generator and the electrical propulsion system; w...