US Patent Issued to RTX on Sept. 1 for "Aircraft powerplant with boosted turbine engine and fuel cell system" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,760, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Aircraft powerplant with boosted turbine engine and fuel cell system" was invented by Paul R. Hanrahan (Sedona, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powerplant for an aircraft includes a first turbine engine, a second turbine engine and a fuel cell system. The second turbine engine includes a second engine flowpath, a second engine compressor section, a second engine combustor section and a second engine turbine section. The second engine flowpath extends from a second engine flowpath inlet to a second engine flowpath outlet. The second engine flowpath inlet an...