US Patent Issued to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES on Aug. 5 for "Fuel supply circuit of an aircraft engine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,915, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES (Bordes, France).

"Fuel supply circuit of an aircraft engine" was invented by Franck Albert Robert Dupeu (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Jean-Marie Andre Robert Gigon (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and David Simon Serge Taieb (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel supply circuit of an aircraft engine includes a centrifugal pump mechanically coupled with an engine shaft delivering mechanical power. The circuit further includes at least one electromagnetic pump including at least one stator delimiting an annular internal volume in which is present a rotor abl...