US Patent Issued to RTX on Aug. 12 for "Aircraft powerplant with boosted gas turbine engine" (Arizona, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,434, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Aircraft powerplant with boosted gas turbine engine" was invented by Paul R. Hanrahan (Sedona, Ariz.) and Daniel B. Kupratis (Wallingford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft system is provided that includes a first gas turbine engine, a propulsor rotor, a second gas turbine engine, an electric generator and an electric component. The first gas turbine engine includes a first compressor section, a first combustor section, a first turbine section and a first flowpath. The propulsor rotor is rotatably driven by the first gas turbine engine. The second ...