Electric propulsion unit of an aircraft comprising a cooling system incorporating at least one front air inlet and aircraft comprising at least one such electric propulsion unit

US11952134B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• AIRBUS (S.A.S.) · FR
• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE
• AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS · FR

Inventors

• Jorge Alejandro Carretero Benignos · Schweinhub, DE
• Benedikt Bammer · Schliersee, DE
• Olivier Verseux · Toulouse, FR
• Maria Del Sagrario JUANAS FERNANDEZ · Toulouse, FR
• Jorge Molano Rembiasz · Getafe, ES
• Thomas Scherer · Saarlouis, DE
• Alexander Solntsev · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2022
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/60
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An electric propulsion unit of an aircraft including a nacelle housing an electric power system, an electric motor and a cooling system for the electric power system; the nacelle including a central fairing, a front fairing which extends from the central fairing to a front end and a rear fairing which extends from the central fairing to a rear end. The front fairing includes a protrude positioned in a lower part of the front fairing, the protrude having a front face in a transverse plane, a main air inlet of the cooling system being positioned on the front face.