ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,841, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Cooling an electric machine of a turbine engine powerplant" was invented by Robert B. Fowler (West Palm Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powerplant is provided that includes an electric machine, a turbine engine and a fluid circuit. The turbine engine is operatively coupled to the electric machine. The turbine engine includes a flowpath, a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section. The flowpath extends through the compressor section, the combustor section and the turbine section from an inlet into the flowpath to an exhaust from th...