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Device for supplying electrical power to an aircraft and for electrically starting a jet engine on board an aircraft

US7638890B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 2007
Grant dateDec 29, 2009
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Expiry dateDec 25, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/60
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a device for supplying electrical power to an aircraft and for electrically starting a jet engine on board an aircraft, including a multi-phased starter-generator, a multi-phased transformer-rectifier unit, a multi-phased DC-AC converter, a multi-phased rectifier unit, and at least one three-phase inverter, wherein the number of phases is equal to or greater than 5.

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