US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Dec. 30 for "Gas turbine system that mitigates battery electricity consumption during starting or stopping of a gas turbine engine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,254, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Gas turbine system that mitigates battery electricity consumption during starting or stopping of a gas turbine engine" was invented by Akinori Kita (Wako, Japan), Kenro Udono (Wako, Japan) and Takeshi Matsumoto (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a gas turbine system in which electricity consumption of a battery when starting or stopping a gas turbine engine is reduced and sufficient battery power during flight can be secured. The present invention includes a plurality of gas turbine engines 21, 22, and 23, generators 41, 42, and 43, a battery ...