US Patent Issued to General Electric on July 29 for "Component heating in hybrid electric propulsion systems" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,182, issued on July 29, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Component heating in hybrid electric propulsion systems" was invented by Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid electric propulsion system includes a gearbox, an electric motor operably coupled to the gearbox, a battery operably coupled to the electric motor to power the electric motor, and an engine lubrication system. The engine lubrication system includes a tank that holds an engine lubrication fluid. The engine lubrication system includes a pump that is configured to pump the lubrication fluid from the tank toward on...