US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Oct. 27 for "Power system for a flight vehicle" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,106, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Power system for a flight vehicle" was invented by Eric Benjamin Frederick Gilbert (Seattle) and Scott Aaron Schorn (Langley, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power system for a flight vehicle includes a first power plant and a second power plant. The second power plant is configured to combust a fuel-fluid mixture. The first power plant includes a closed fluid loop configured to contain a working fluid. The first power plant includes a compressor configured to compress the working fluid. The first power plant includes a thermal engine coupled to the comp...