18392573. FAULT TOLERANT HYBRID ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR AN AERIAL VEHICLE (General Electric Company)

FAULT TOLERANT HYBRID ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR AN AERIAL VEHICLE

Organization Name

General Electric Company

Inventor(s)

Robert Charles Hon of Walton KY (US)

Paul Robert Gemin of Cincinnati OH (US)

FAULT TOLERANT HYBRID ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR AN AERIAL VEHICLE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18392573 titled 'FAULT TOLERANT HYBRID ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR AN AERIAL VEHICLE

Original Abstract Submitted

Hybrid electric propulsion systems includes a combustion engine and an electric motor. The hybrid electric propulsion systems may include or utilize a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with the hybrid electric propulsion system, cause the processor to perform a method that includes determining an occurrence of a thrust asymmetry in the hybrid electric propulsion system, and controlling the electric motor to decrease an efficiency of the electric motor for a transient time period sufficient to reduce a torque output of the combustion engine to match an electrical load on the combustion engine.