US Patent Issued to RTX on May 12 for "Overall aircraft system data collector for prognostics and health management" (Connecticut, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,788, issued on May 12, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Overall aircraft system data collector for prognostics and health management" was invented by Martin Amari (Glastonbury, Conn.), Xin Wu (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Tyler W. Hayes (Rockford, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid electric propulsion (HEP) system of an aircraft includes a gas turbine engine configured to generate rotational power, and an electric propulsion system configured to generate at least one of thrust or lift for operation of the aircraft. The propulsion system includes a propulsor and an electric motor configured to drive the propulsor. A...