ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,986, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Aircraft propulsion system engine with multiple independent rotating structures" was invented by Jon E. Sobanski (Glastonbury, Conn.), Brandon M. Evans (San Antonio) and Simon W. Evans (Farmington, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine is provided that includes a propulsor rotor and an engine core. The propulsor rotor is rotatable about a propulsor axis. The engine core is configured to power operation of the propulsor rotor. The engine core includes a core compressor section, a core combustor section, a core turbine section, a first rotating st...