ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,893, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Electromagnetic inducer for gas turbine rotating turbomachinery" was invented by Marco Convertini (Vaughan, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gas turbine engines include fan, compressor, combustor, and turbine sections. An electric machine assembly includes a rotating component comprising a plurality of airfoils and a plurality of first electric machine elements, with each airfoil including a respective first magnetic material electric machine element. A housing is arranged radially outward from the airfoils and includes a circumferential s...