Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft propulsion system
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Application No.: US17539231Application Date: 2021-12-01
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Publication No.: US11745889B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Akinori Kita , Takeshi Matsumoto , Daiko Tsutsumi
- Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP
- Priority: JP 20212825 2020.12.22
- Main IPC: B64D33/08
- IPC: B64D33/08 ; B64D27/02 ; B64D35/08 ; B64C27/14 ; B64D27/10 ; B64D27/24 ; B64C27/32

Abstract:
An aircraft propulsion system capable of improving the restartability of an engine is provided. An aircraft propulsion system includes: a plurality of engines (60-1 and 60-2); an electric generator connected to engine shafts (63-1 and 63-2); a plurality of electric motors; a plurality of rotors; and a controller (100) which controls an operation state of the plurality of engines (60-1 and 60-2). The controller (100) causes a part of the plurality of engines (60-1 and 60-2) to operate while stopping the remaining engine when a flight state is in a first state. The plurality of engines (60-1 and 60-2) include circulators (65-1 and 65-2). A plurality of communication pipes (68 and 69) which communicate the circulator (65-1) in the first engine (60-1) among the plurality of engines (60-1 and 60-2) with the circulator (65-2) in the second engine (60-2) are provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220194621A1 AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2022-06-23
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