ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,797, issued on June 17, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Power system" was invented by David James Tate (Hemel Hempstead, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power system for an aircraft comprises: a motor-generator component; a shaft, wherein the motor-generator component is connectable to the shaft, the shaft connectable to an additional component of the aircraft to for torque transfer with the additional component; and a de-coupler operable to disconnect the motor-generator component from the shaft, wherein the motor-generator component is located between the de-coupler and the additional co...