US Patent Issued to RTX on Jan. 13 for "Cryogenic bottoming cycle adaptable heat rejection loop split" (Connecticut, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,172, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Cryogenic bottoming cycle adaptable heat rejection loop split" was invented by Brandon M. Evans (San Antonio) and Neil J. Terwilliger (Cheshire, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion system includes a core engine that includes a main compressor where an inlet airflow is compressed and communicated to a combustor to generate an exhaust gas flow that is expanded through a main turbine section to generate power that is used to drive the main compressor and a propulsive fan, a bottoming cycle where a working fluid is heated and expanded through ...