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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2018
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Nikolai N. Pastouchenko, Glenville, NY (US);

Randy M. Vondrell, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Kurt David Murrow, Springboro, OH (US);

Jixian Yao, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Patrick Michael Marrinan, Mason, OH (US);

Daniel Alan Niergarth, Norwood, OH (US);

Narendra Digamber Joshi, Schenectady, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/12 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01); F02C 6/14 (2006.01); F02K 1/18 (2006.01); F02K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 27/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/12 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); F01D 9/02 (2013.01); F02C 6/14 (2013.01); F02K 1/18 (2013.01); F02K 5/00 (2013.01); B64D 2027/026 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2240/128 (2013.01); F05D 2270/09 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating an electric fan of an aircraft propulsion system includes driving a plurality of fan blades of the electric fan with an electric machine to generate thrust for the aircraft; and driving the electric machine with the plurality of fan blades of the electric fan to generate electrical power subsequent to driving the plurality of fan blades of the electric fan with the electric machine to generate thrust for the aircraft.


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