US Patent Issued to RTX on March 4 for "Aircraft powerplant with boosted gas turbine engine" (Arizona, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,209, issued on March 4, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Aircraft powerplant with boosted gas turbine engine" was invented by Paul R. Hanrahan (Sedona, Ariz.) and Daniel B. Kupratis (Wallingford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft system is provided that includes a first turbine engine, a second turbine engine and an electrical system. The electrical system includes a clutch, a first electric machine and a second electric machine electrically coupled to the first electric machine. The first electric machine is mechanically coupled to a first rotating assembly of the first turbine engine. The second electr...