US Patent Issued to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS on Oct. 28 for "Method and aircraft provided with at least one combustion engine and a drive system with at least two electric machines" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,918, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).

"Method and aircraft provided with at least one combustion engine and a drive system with at least two electric machines" was invented by Marc Gazzino (Marseilles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft provided with a power plant provided with at least one combustion engine mechanically connected to a drive system, the drive system comprising two electric machines each connected to the combustion engine by a kinematic chain, the two electric machines being electrically connected to at least one electrical power source. The aircraft comprises a...