Hybrid aircraft power plant
US12187444B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 6, 2024 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H2200/2082
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The power plant can have a structure; an output shaft connectable to a load, the output shaft rotatable about an axis relative the structure; a thermal engine secured to the structure, the thermal engine having a thermal engine shaft; an electric motor having a stator and a rotor shaft, the stator secured to the structure; an epicyclic gearing having a sun gear coaxial to a ring gear, a plurality of planet gears meshed between the sun gear and the ring gear, and a carrier coaxial to the sun gear and to the ring gear, the sun gear, carrier, and ring gear being rotatable relative the casing structure, the output shaft and the rotor shaft both coupled to the carrier, and the thermal engine shaft coupled to sun gear and the carrier; and an overrunning clutch operable to prevent the rotation of the ring gear in one angular direction.
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