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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Snecma, Paris, FR;
Thomas Lepage, Vincennes, FR;
Bruno Robert Gaully, Marolles en Hurepoix, FR;
SNECMA, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A device for ventilating and electrically powering a computer of an engine of an aircraft, the device including a feed mechanism feeding air to a proximity of the computer and a fan connected to a drive mechanism and configured to generate a stream of air for ventilating the computer. The fan is mounted in the air feed mechanism, and the drive mechanism includes an electrical machine configured to operate as a motor for driving the fan, and as a generator for powering the computer, a rotor of the machine when operating as a generator being driven by the fan, which is itself driven by a stream of air flowing in or leaving the air feed mechanism.