Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft propulsion system
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Application No.: US17197708Application Date: 2021-03-10
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Publication No.: US11542021B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Richard Harwood , Kalyani G. Menon , Joseph Palmer , Ivan Popovic
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB1615900 20160919
- Main IPC: H02P23/14
- IPC: H02P23/14 ; H02P5/74 ; B64D27/24 ; B63H21/20 ; B61C5/00 ; B63H21/17 ; B64D27/02 ; H02J7/34 ; H02J3/02 ; H02J50/10 ; H02J3/00 ; H02J3/46 ; B64D27/10

Abstract:
An aircraft propulsion system includes at least first and second electrical generators, each being configured to provide electrical power to a respective first and second AC electrical network. The system further comprises at least first and second AC electrical motors directly electrically coupled to a respective AC network and coupled to a respective propulsor, and a DC electrical network electrically coupled to the first and second AC networks via respective first and second AC to DC converters, and to a further electrical motor, the further electrical motor being coupled to a propulsor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210214094A1 AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-07-15
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