US Patent Issued to RTX on May 26 for "Low spool electrical machine arrangements for hybrid-electric engines" (Maine, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,221, issued on May 26, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Low spool electrical machine arrangements for hybrid-electric engines" was invented by Thomas E. Clark (Wells, Maine) and Jeffrey T. Morton (Manchester, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a nacelle, a gas turbine engine, and an electrical machine. The nacelle includes an upper bifurcation and an engine core compartment. The gas turbine engine includes a low pressure spool and is disposed within the nacelle. The electrical machine is disposed within the upper bifurcation and is configured to transfer mechanical power between the low pressure spoo...