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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:
Sep. 24, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2023
Applicant:

Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Peter Schenk, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Erik A. Munevar, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignee:

Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02C 7/262 (2006.01); F02C 7/277 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0859 (2013.01); F02C 7/262 (2013.01); F02C 7/277 (2013.01); F02N 11/0862 (2013.01); F02N 11/087 (2013.01); F02N 2011/0874 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example system includes a common electric starter controller configured to control electric starters of a plurality of gas-turbine engines that are configured to propel an aircraft, wherein the common electric starter comprises: a driver configured to generate, using electrical energy sourced from a battery of the aircraft, power signals that control the electric starters; and a plurality of bus bars configured to directly connect the common electric starter controller to the battery and transport the electrical energy from the battery to the common electric starter controller.


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