US Patent Issued to RTX on Jan. 13 for "Aircraft powerplant gearbox with selectable power coupler" (Connecticut, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,161, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Aircraft powerplant gearbox with selectable power coupler" was invented by Thomas E. Clark (Wells, Maine) and Murat Yazici (Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft powerplant assembly includes a gearbox and a power coupler. The gearbox includes a first engine power transfer apparatus, a second engine power transfer apparatus and an accessory power transfer apparatus. The power coupler is mounted to the gearbox. During a first operating mode, the power coupler is configured to operatively couple the first engine power transfer apparatus to th...