ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,768, issued on June 24, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Hybrid electric hydrogen engine for aircraft" was invented by Neil J. Terwilliger (Cheshire, Conn.) and Joseph B. Staubach (Colchester, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Turbine engine systems include a core assembly having a compressor section, a burner section, and a turbine section arranged along a shaft, with a core flow path through the turbine engine such that exhaust from the burner section passes through the turbine section and exits through a nozzle. A core condenser is arranged downstream of the turbine section and upstream of the nozzle and configur...