US Patent Issued to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES, SAFRAN POWER UNITS on May 20 for "Turbogenerator with simplified control system for aircraft" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,582, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES (Bordes, France) and SAFRAN POWER UNITS (Toulouse, France).

"Turbogenerator with simplified control system for aircraft" was invented by Fabien Mercier-Calvairac (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Patrick Marconi (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Denis Antoine Julien Real (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion assembly for aircraft includes a single-shaft engine turbomachine including a combustion chamber and a rotatably mounted shaft that turns at a turbomachine rating; an electrical generator coupled to the shaft; and a control system. The control sy...