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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2024
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
GE Avio S.r.l., Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Arthur W. Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US);
Vincenzo Martina, Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Tomasz Iglewski, Warsaw, PL;
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
GE Avio S.r.l., Rivalta di Torino, IT;
Abstract
A hybrid electric turboprop includes a propeller, a thermal engine, an electric motor, a gearbox, and an air inlet. The propeller is configured to rotate about a propeller axis and includes a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from the propeller axis such that, as the propeller is rotated about the propeller axis, the plurality of blades define a substantially circular blade path area centered about the propeller axis and having a radius. The gearbox couples both the thermal engine and the electric motor to the propeller to enable each of the thermal engine and the electric motor to drive rotation of the propeller about the propeller axis. The air inlet defines an opening. A radial distance is defined from the propeller axis to a location within the opening. The radial distance is equal to or less than 60% of the radius.