ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,479, issued on July 22, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Stowable electric-hybrid propfan" was invented by Leo J. Veilleux Jr. (Wethersfield, Conn.) and Lubomir A. Ribarov (West Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electricity generation and propulsion system of an aircraft is provided. The electricity generation and propulsion system includes a fuselage, a hybrid-electric power generation system operably disposed in the fuselage and a ram air turbine (RAT) device. The RAT device is coupled with the hybrid-electric power generation system and is stowable in the fuselage and deployable to an e...