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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Paul C. Imel, Hartford, CT (US);
Sebastien Bergeron, Chambly, CA;
Etienne Plamondon, Verdun, CA;
Samuel Gosselin-Brisson, Longueuil, CA;
Leonid Guerchkovitch, Dollard des Ormeaux, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
A method includes using an electric motor to start a thermal engine. The electric motor and thermal engine are connected to one another as the electric motor and the thermal engine of a hybrid-electric power plant in an aircraft. The electric motor can be connected to a combining gear box. The thermal engine can be connected to the combining gear box so that the electric motor and the thermal engine can provide torque to the combining gear box in a parallel hybrid-electric configuration. The combining gearbox can output torque to an air mover for providing thrust to the aircraft.