US Patent Issued to RTX on May 27 for "Aircraft powerplant with steam system and bypass" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,996, issued on May 27, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Aircraft powerplant with steam system and bypass" was invented by Christopher J. Hanlon (Sturbridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powerplant is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft powerplant includes a turbine engine core, a steam system and a bypass system. The turbine engine core 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 the flowpath. The steam system includ...