ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,683, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Inter-rotating assembly power coupling system for turbine engine" was invented by Paul R. Hanrahan (Sedona, Ariz.) and Daniel B. Kupratis (Wallingford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided for an aircraft powerplant. This assembly includes a differential geartrain, a first rotating assembly, a second rotating assembly, a first actuator and a second actuator. The differential geartrain includes a sun gear, a ring gear, a plurality of intermediate gears and a carrier. The first rotating assembly is coupled to the differential geartrain throu...