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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2023
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Jeffrey Lawrence, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Peter Schenk, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Douglas Keith Schetzel, II, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Jacob Ward Harral, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Brian Joseph Huber, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A starting apparatus for a first gas turbine engine of a plurality of gas turbine engines of an aircraft. The apparatus includes an air turbine starter, an electric machine, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an emergency restart command for the first gas turbine engine while the aircraft is in-flight, determine whether the first gas turbine engine is in operation, determine whether at least a second gas turbine engine of the plurality of gas turbine engines is in operation, and, responsive to receiving the emergency restart command and determining that at least the second gas turbine engine of the plurality of gas turbine engines is in operation and that the first gas turbine engine is not in operation, perform an emergency restart of the first gas turbine engine.