ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,689, issued on June 17, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Low pressure compressor control for a gas turbine engine" was invented by Daniel Bernard Kupratis (Wallingford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a low speed spool mechanically interconnecting a low pressure turbine and at least one of a fan and a prop, a high speed spool mechanically interconnecting a high pressure turbine and a high pressure compressor, and an epicyclic gear system mechanically coupled to the high speed spool. The gas turbine engine also includes a low pressure compressor mechanically coupled to the high speed s...