US Patent Issued to RTX on Sept. 29 for "Airframe-integrated water injection storage system and methods of using" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,692, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Airframe-integrated water injection storage system and methods of using" was invented by Mark F. Zelesky (Bolton, Conn.), Neil J. Terwilliger (Cheshire, Conn.) and Carroll V. Sidwell (Wethersfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for an aircraft includes a propulsion unit, a water augmentation system, an airframe, a removable water tank, and a coupling system. The airframe includes a water storage compartment and a water delivery system. The water delivery system is in fluid communication with the water augmentation system and the water storage co...