US Patent Issued to General Electric on Aug. 19 for "Propulsion system and methods of use thereof" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,391, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Propulsion system and methods of use thereof" was invented by Manoj Ramprasad Shah (Latham, N.Y.) and Narendra Digamber Joshi (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a propulsion system are provided herein. In some embodiments, a propulsion system for an aircraft may include an electrical power supply; a motor coupled to the electrical power supply, wherein the electrical power supply provides power to the motor; and a fan disposed proximate a rear portion of an aircraft and rotatably coupled to the motor, wherein the fan is driven ...