US Patent Issued to SAFRAN, SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Feb. 18 for "Hybrid turbofan engine for an aircraft, comprising a motor/generator cooled by heat pipes" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,035, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris) and SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Hybrid turbofan engine for an aircraft, comprising a motor/generator cooled by heat pipes" was invented by Thierry Sibilli (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Vincent Francois Georges Millier (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Loic Paul Yves Guillotel (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid turbofan engine for an aircraft, comprising a fan, an electric motor/generator and a gas generator, the engine comprising, between the fan and a splitter that separates the flows, an internal wall for delimiting an air duct, situated upstream of...