US Patent Issued to General Electric on July 8 for "High bandwidth control of turbofan/turboprop thrust response using embedded electric machines" (New York, Ohio, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,216, issued on July 8, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.).

"High bandwidth control of turbofan/turboprop thrust response using embedded electric machines" was invented by Harry Kirk Mathews Jr. (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Stefan Joseph Cafaro (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Brendon Leeker (Cincinnati) and Kevin Graziano (Liberty Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for high bandwidth control of thrust response for turbofan or turboprop engines are provided. Such systems and methods include an engine control system that processes a rate command a feedback signal from an engine to generate separate fuel...