US Patent Issued to General Electric on Nov. 4 for "Method and apparatus for controlling electrical machines operating with a turbine engine" (North Carolina, Ohio, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,659, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.).

"Method and apparatus for controlling electrical machines operating with a turbine engine" was invented by Stefan Joseph Cafaro (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Brendon Leeker (Cincinnati), Kevin Graziano (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Harry Kirk Mathews Jr. (Clifton Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first electrical machine is operated according to a first mode and a second electrical machine is operated according to a second mode. A power split of operation of the first electrical machine and the second electrical machine is determined. The operation of the...