US Patent Issued to RTX on Feb. 4 for "Hydrogen-oxygen fueled powerplant with water and heat recovery" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,608, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Hydrogen-oxygen fueled powerplant with water and heat recovery" was invented by Neil J. Terwilliger (Cheshire, Conn.), Walter A. Ledwith Jr. (Marlborough, Conn.), Joseph B. Staubach (Colchester, Conn.) and David L. Ma (Avon, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powerplant is provided that includes an engine and a water recovery system. The engine includes an engine combustor, an engine turbine, a flowpath and a fluid delivery system. The flowpath extends out of the engine combustor and through the engine turbine. The fluid delivery system includes a hydrogen rese...