US Patent Issued to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES on Feb. 24 for "Method for braking an aircraft turbine engine" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,248, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Method for braking an aircraft turbine engine" was invented by Jacques Auriol (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Pierre-Alain Jean Philippe Reigner (Moissy-cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for braking an aircraft turbine engine including a fan or a propeller connected to a turbine by a shaft and an electric generator connected to the shaft, the method comprising the following steps: a request to brake the turbine engine by thrust reversal; a calculation of a turbine braking setpoint by a control system; and in response to the braking setpoint, ...