US Patent Issued to General Electric on Nov. 25 for "Propulsion system including an electric machine for starting a gas turbine engine" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,449, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Propulsion system including an electric machine for starting a gas turbine engine" was invented by Vinod Kumar (Bengaluru, India) and Shankar Jayaraman (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine comprising a low pressure (LP) spool and a high pressure (HP) spool that rotate about a central axis, an electric motor mechanically coupled to the LP spool for selectively rotating the LP spool, a starter assembly mechanically coupled to the HP spool for selectively rotating the HP spool, and a controller in oper...