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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Edgar Haehner, Bordes, FR;
Gerald Senger, Morlaas-Berlanne, FR;
Inventors:
Edgar Haehner, Bordes, FR;
Gerald Senger, Morlaas-Berlanne, FR;
Assignee:
Turbomeca, Bordes, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/275 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turbine engine for a helicopter, including a gas generator and a free turbine driven in rotation by the gas flow generated by the gas generator is disclosed. The turbine engine further includes a motor/generator coupled to a shaft of the gas generator, to provide a quantity of additional rotational kinetic energy to the shaft during a stage of turbine engine acceleration, or to draw a quantity of rotational kinetic energy from the shaft during a stage of turbine engine deceleration.