US Patent Issued to RTX on Feb. 4 for "Aircraft system with gas turbine engine powered compressor" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,628, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Aircraft system with gas turbine engine powered compressor" was invented by Steven W. Burd (Cheshire, Conn.) and Christopher A. Eckett (Simsbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft system is provided that includes a gas turbine engine, a gearbox and at least one compressor. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a turbine section, a combustor section and a rotating structure. The combustor section is fluidly coupled with and between the compressor section and the turbine section. The rotating structure includes a compressor section roto...