Supplemental power for reduction of prime mover

US10569892B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Joseph Lawrence Simonetti · Southbury, US
• Mark Denton Bystry, Jr. · Stratford, US
• Michael Joseph DeVita · Cos Cob, US
• Matthew J. Tarascio · Milford, US
• Michael Strauss · New Haven, US
• Hayden M. Reeve · Town of West Hartford, US
• Niranjan Desai · Pittsburgh, US
• Brian St. Rock · Andover, US
• Charles E. Lents · Amston, US
• Lawrence E. Zeidner · Town of West Hartford, US
• Alfred Russell Smiley · Marlborough, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2014
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments are directed to selecting, by a computing device comprising a processor, the size of at least one prime mover associated with an aircraft to satisfy a baseline power requirement for operation of the aircraft during a steady state load condition, selecting at least one power source configuration to supplement power provided by the at least one prime mover during a transient load condition associated with the operation of the aircraft, and selecting, by the computing device, a parameter of the at least one power source configuration to provide a total power in an amount that is greater than a threshold during the transient condition.