ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,859, issued on June 17, was assigned to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis) and Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).
"Gas-turbine electrical start system" was invented by Peter Schenk (Indianapolis), Erik A. Munevar (Indianapolis) and Rigoberto J. Rodriguez (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system includes a power electronics system; a starter electrically connected to the power electronics system and configured to start a gas-turbine engine of an aircraft; and an energy storage system electrically connected to the power electronics system and configured to provide direct current (DC) electr...