ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,410, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Fuel system with electric generator integrated boost stage" was invented by Naison E. Mastrocola (Goshen, Conn.) and Ryan P. Susca (Windsor, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft fuel system includes a first integrated boost stage having a boost pump configured to receive a fuel flow from a fuel tank via a boost supply line, at least one generator collocated with and operatively connected to the boost pump for driving the boost pump, and a tap fluidly connecting the boost pump and the at least one generator for selectively delivering an amoun...