ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,438, issued on July 22, was assigned to GE Energy Power Conversion France (Villebon-sur-Yvette, France).

"Counter rotating propeller pod mechanical arrangement" was invented by Lionel Julliand (Belfort, France), Jorgen Jorde (Bergen, Norway), Theo Grall (Belfort, France), Mathieu Bittermann (Champigneulles, France), Nicolas Leboeuf (Champigneulles, France) and Henri Baerd (Villebon-sur-yvette, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a pod propulsion system including first and second counter rotating propellers for propelling a marine vessel first and second propeller modules, each including an electric motor having a drivin...