US Patent Issued to Hamilton Sundstrand on July 22 for "Distributed electrical generators for turbofan engines" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,346, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Distributed electrical generators for turbofan engines" was invented by Andrew W. Jennings (Amana, Iowa) and Martin J. Jennings (Oxford, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for generating electrical power includes a rotating member surrounded by a fixed structure. The apparatus also includes at least one magnet, each of which is located on the rotating member. The apparatus further includes at least one distributed generator module located on the fixed structure and configured to generate an electrical power signal responsive to movemen...