US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Sept. 16 for "Aircraft power and propulsion systems comprising permanent magnet electrical machines" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,244, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Aircraft power and propulsion systems comprising permanent magnet electrical machines" was invented by David R Trainer (Derby, Great Britain), Ellis F H Chong (Derby, Great Britain), Mark Sweet (Chesterfield, Great Britain) and Gian Incerpi (Buckingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reconfigurable permanent magnet electrical machines and aircraft power and propulsion systems including the electrical machines. An aircraft power and propulsion system includes: a gas turbine engine; DC electrical network; permanent magnet electrical machine including a r...