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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2025
Airbus Operations, S.l.u., Madrid, ES;
Gabrielle Josephine Christiane De Brouwer, Madrid, ES;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.U., Madrid, ES;
Abstract
An emergency power generation system within a main duct of an aircraft that includes: a rotating electric machine operable in a generator mode and a motor mode; a control unit; a first switch in communication with the control unit to select the generator or motor mode; an air outlet actuator in communication with the control unit that selectively opens and closes an air outlet of the main duct; an airflow passage controller in communication with the control unit that opens and closes an inlet to a secondary duct wherein the inlet is at the main duct, wherein the control unit commands, during an emergency mode of flight, the first switch to place the rotating electric machine in the generator mode, the airflow passage controller to close the inlet of the secondary duct, and the air outlet actuator to open the air outlet of the main duct.