ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,086, issued on June 10, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).

"Aircraft with engine-driven permanent magnet generator" was invented by David R. Trawick (Indianapolis), Matthew Hill (Avon, Ind.) and Chandana J. Gajanayake (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft includes an internal combustion engine and an electrical power system. The electrical power system includes a permanent magnet machine and an inverter coupled to the permanent magnet machine. The permanent magnet machine includes a stator and a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator."

The patent was filed on May 27, 2022, under Application ...