US Patent Issued to Sonic Blue Aerospace on Nov. 25 for "Superconducting ultra power efficient radial fan augmented nano-aero drive (SuperFan)" (Maine Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,459, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Sonic Blue Aerospace Inc. (Portland, Maine).

"Superconducting ultra power efficient radial fan augmented nano-aero drive (SuperFan)" was invented by Richard H. Lugg (Cape Elizabeth, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine which includes an outer casing; a central longitudinal hollow shaft with a forward air inlet; a three stage rotating superconducting electric bypass fan with front and rear fan blades and a diffuser blade interposed between said front and rear fan blades wherein the diffuser blade rotates in an opposite direction to the front and rear fan blades; a multiple s...