ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,006, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Engine control method for economy mode operation" was invented by Thomas Dewey Parsons (Ft. Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating an aircraft includes determining a shaft horse power requirement of a multi-engine power plant, comparing the shaft horse power requirement to a threshold value, and activating an economy mode of operation or inhibiting the economy mode of operation based upon the results of the comparison step. The threshold value may be determined from a power rating for an engine of the multi-engine power pla...