ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,858, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Partial exhaust bottoming cycle" was invented by Neil J. Terwilliger (Cheshire, Conn.) and Lance L. Smith (West Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion system includes a compressor section where an inlet airflow is compressed, a combustor section where the compressed inlet airflow is mixed with fuel and ignited to generate an exhaust gas flow that is communicated through a core flow path, a turbine section through which the exhaust gas flow expands to generate a mechanical power output, the exhaust gas flow is split into at least a f...