US Patent Issued to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE on Aug. 25 for "DC-to-DC converter for an electrical aircraft propulsion system" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,380, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES (Bordes, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE (Nancy, France).

"DC-to-DC converter for an electrical aircraft propulsion system" was invented by Thomas Michel Andre Gerard Barraco (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Thomas Klonowski (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Serge Lionel Pierfederici (Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France) and Mathieu Robert Weber (Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A DC-to-DC converter for an electrical aircraft propulsion system designed to be connected in series with an electrical energy st...