ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,671, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Speed matching low spool generator transmission" was invented by Aaron Cooling (Rockford, Ill.), Glenn C. Lemmers Jr. (Loves Park, Ill.), Sean Friel (Rockford, Ill.) and Tyler W. Hayes (Rockford, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a generator including an input shaft, a jet engine including a low pressure spool, and a multi-speed transmission mechanically coupling the low pressure spool to the input shaft. The apparatus further includes a transmission controller configured to disengage an electrical load from the generator, whil...