ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,759, issued on April 7, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Methods and systems for generating power and thermal management having dual loop architecture" was invented by Michael F. Stoia (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Joseph S. Silkey (Lake Saint Louis, Mo.), Jacob T. Needels (Stanford, Calif.) and Kevin G. Bowcutt (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for power generation and/or thermal management on a high speed flight vehicle include circulating a power generation loop working fluid through a power generation loop, which absorbs heat associated with the flight vehicle. A genera...