US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 3 for "Hybrid-electric powertrains for aircraft" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,428, issued on June 3, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Hybrid-electric powertrains for aircraft" was invented by Francesco Giannini (Manassas, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hybrid-electric powertrains for aircraft are disclosed herein. An example hybrid-electric powertrain includes a gas turbine propulsion engine including a first propulsor and a gas turbine engine to drive the first propulsor to produce thrust, a generator operably coupled to a drive shaft of the gas turbine engine, and an electric propulsion unit including a second propulsor and an electric motor to drive the second propulsor to produce thrust...