US Patent Issued to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES, UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE on Sept. 8 for "Aircraft electric or hybrid propulsion architecture" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,006, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES (Bordes, France), UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE (Nancy, France) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris).

"Aircraft electric or hybrid propulsion architecture" was invented by Pierre Alain Jean-Marie Darfeuil (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Thomas Michel Andre Gerard Barraco (Mazerolles, France), Francois Joseph Paul Lelong (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Serge Lionel Pierfederici (Paris) and Thomas Klonowski (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft electric or hybrid propulsion architecture including at least two propulsion lines, each propul...