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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:
Jul. 23, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2016
Applicant:

Rolls-royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Steven Gagne, Avon, IN (US);

Rigoberto Rodriguez, Avon, IN (US);

William L. Siegel, Woodbridge, VA (US);

John R. Arvin, Panama City Beach, FL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/32 (2006.01); F02C 6/08 (2006.01); F02C 7/141 (2006.01); F02C 6/20 (2006.01); F02C 7/12 (2006.01); F01D 15/10 (2006.01); F41H 13/00 (2006.01); F01D 15/08 (2006.01); F02C 3/04 (2006.01); F02C 7/16 (2006.01); F25B 23/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/141 (2013.01); F01D 15/08 (2013.01); F01D 15/10 (2013.01); F02C 3/04 (2013.01); F02C 6/08 (2013.01); F02C 6/20 (2013.01); F02C 7/12 (2013.01); F02C 7/16 (2013.01); F02C 7/32 (2013.01); F25B 23/00 (2013.01); F41H 13/005 (2013.01); F41H 13/0068 (2013.01); H02K 7/1823 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/50 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01); F05D 2260/207 (2013.01); F25B 2400/24 (2013.01); Y02T 50/675 (2013.01); Y02T 50/676 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system is disclosed one form of which is an aircraft that includes a pod capable of housing a work providing device. The pod can also include a thermal conditioning system and a power generation device that can be powered from the work providing device. The pod can provide thermal conditioning services and power services to a payload aboard the aircraft. In one non-limiting form the payload is a directed energy member that can be cooled using the thermal conditioning system and powered using the power generation device.


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