ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,215, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Airbus Operations SAS (Toulouse, France).
"Propulsion unit comprising at least one electric motor and a coupling system positioned on either side of a transmission system" was invented by Jean-Francois Allias (Toulouse, France) and Remi Amargier (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion unit comprising a propulsion system, at least one electric motor positioned in a first external zone, a transmission system, a coupling device which comprises: a first coupling shaft coupled to an output of the electric motor, passing through the transmission system and having a first end pro...