ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,097, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"System and method for generating electrical energy from thermal waste energy and removing thermal waste energy in an aircraft" was invented by Chris Zuzelski (Clarklake, Mich.), Christopher Cantrell (Jackson, Mich.) and William Hank Newsome (Dexter, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating electrical energy from thermal waste energy and removing thermal waste energy in an aircraft is provided. The system includes a thermal management circuit configured to channel a flow of coolant fluid that collects thermal waste energy from a thermal...