ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,450, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Safran Electrical & Power (Blagnac, France) and Safran Power USA LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Axial fan for air cooled electrical aircraft motor" was invented by Sachin Aggarwal (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Matthew Fallon (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Nicodeme Faucher (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Abdoulahad Thiam (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a fan assembly for an electrical aircraft motor having an axial fan with an inner hub of a first diameter and an outer hub of a second diameter. The outer hub may be concentrically aligned with the inner hub. A plurality of b...