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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Adon Delgado, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);

Todd James Buchholz, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Christopher Dale Mathias, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 6/00 (2006.01); F02C 3/22 (2006.01); F02C 6/08 (2006.01); F02C 7/00 (2006.01); B64D 37/30 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/22 (2013.01); B64D 37/30 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01); F02C 6/08 (2013.01); F02C 7/00 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01); Y02T 50/44 (2013.01); Y02T 50/53 (2013.01); Y02T 90/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electrical power system for an aircraft including a turbine engine coupled to the aircraft and providing propulsive thrust and emitting heat during operation to define a high temperature source, a cryogenic fuel system located within the aircraft and providing fuel for the turbine and emitting heat at a lower temperature than the heat from the turbine engine to define a low temperature source and an electrical power generator located on the aircraft and having a thermodynamic generator using the temperature difference to generate electrical power and a method for producing electric power.


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