US Patent Issued to General Electric on Oct. 21 for "Power generation and transfer using variable-pitch propeller" (North Carolina, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,112, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Cincinnati).

"Power generation and transfer using variable-pitch propeller" was invented by Stefan Joseph Cafaro (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Joel James Lau (Deerfield Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a method includes determining a pitch value based on at least an energy goal. The energy goal may be at least one of bowed rotor motoring or an engine start. The method includes adjusting a pitch of a plurality of variable-pitch propeller blades based on the pitch value. The plurality of variable-pitch propeller blades are part of a variable-pitch p...