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Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2022
Applicant:

Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;

Inventors:

Jeremy Paul Francisco Gonzalez, Montreal, CA;

Ninad Joshi, Brampton, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/12 (2006.01); B64D 31/18 (2024.01); B64D 35/025 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/12 (2013.01); B64D 31/18 (2024.01); B64C 2220/00 (2013.01); B64D 35/025 (2024.01);
Abstract

A method of reducing noise includes: driving a first propulsor using one or more of the first electrical motor and the first thermal engine, and driving a second propulsor of the second hybrid power plant using one or more of the second electrical motor and the second thermal engine; receiving a signal indicative of an initial combined noise signature; determining, from the signal, that an initial amplitude variation of a periodically fluctuating amplitude of the initial combined noise signature is greater than an amplitude variation threshold; modulating a thrust produced by the second hybrid power plant, by changing a power output of the second thermal engine or the second electrical motor, to produce a modulated combined noise signature having a modulated amplitude variation less than the initial amplitude variation; and compensating for a difference in thrusts generated by the first hybrid power plant and the second hybrid power plant.


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