US Patent Issued to Safran Aircraft Engines, Safran Landing Systems on Feb. 24 for "Device for disconnecting and braking a rotor of an electric machine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,212, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Safran Aircraft Engines (Paris) and Safran Landing Systems (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

"Device for disconnecting and braking a rotor of an electric machine" was invented by Didier Brun (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Huguette De Wergifosse (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Gilles Eluard (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This device for disconnecting and braking a rotor of an electric machine comprises an inner axis driven in rotation by the rotor and longitudinally movable between an engagement position and a disconnection position, the disconnection and braking device further c...