ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,623, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Partial exhaust bottoming cycle" was invented by Neil J. Terwilliger (Cheshire, Conn.) and Lance L Smith (West Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion system includes a compressor section where an inlet airflow is compressed, a combustor section where the compressed inlet airflow is mixed with fuel and ignited to generate an exhaust gas flow that is communicated through a core flow path, a turbine section through which the exhaust gas flow expands to generate a mechanical power output, the exhaust gas flow is split into at least a firs...