ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,142, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).
"Electric propulsion system for a flight vehicle" was invented by Scott G Edens (Milford, Ohio) and Jeffrey D. Rambo (Mason, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric propulsion system includes a fan rotor assembly having a first fan portion and a second fan portion. A fan cowling defines a first flow passage and a second flow passage. An electric drive mechanism drives the fan rotor assembly. An electric drive cooling system includes a liquid coolant that provides cooling to at least a part of the electric drive mechanism, and a heat exchanger t...