ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,256, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Turbine engine module equipped with an electric machine having a rotor driven in rotation via a motion take-off mechanism" was invented by Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Didier Gabriel Bertrand Desombre (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Matthieu Bruno Francois Foglia (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a turbine engine module, comprising: -a fan shaft (6), -a power shaft (15) rotating the fan shaft via a speed reducer (21) arranged in a lubrication chamber (22), -a lubrication system (50) for t...