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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Serge Giordano, Marseilles, FR;
Assignee:
Eurocopter, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/46 ;
Abstract
The starting device for a turbine engine unit of a helicopter includes an electric motor starter, supplied from an electrical power source, which can be outside the helicopter and temporarily connected to the starting device through a connection socket, or onboard on the helicopter. The starter is supplied with alternating current and includes an alternating current electric motor, preferably an auto-controlled synchronous motor, and the onboard electrical power source is preferably an alternator driven, during independent starting, from an auxiliary power unit with a turbo-machine and itself started by direct current batteries.