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Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024

Filed:

May. 07, 2021
Applicant:

Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan Gilson, West Hartford, CT (US);

Zubair Ahmed Baig, South Windsor, CT (US);

Martin Richard Amari, Glastonbury, CT (US);

Michael Winter, New Haven, CT (US);

Assignee:

RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/32 (2006.01); B64D 27/16 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); F01D 15/10 (2006.01); F01D 19/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/32 (2013.01); B64D 27/16 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); F01D 15/10 (2013.01); F01D 19/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/026 (2024.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01);
Abstract

An engine system of an aircraft includes an energy storage system, a gas turbine engine, and a controller. The gas turbine engine includes a low spool, a high spool, a low-spool generator operably coupled to the low spool, and a high-spool electric motor operably coupled to the high spool. The controller is configured to detect a braking condition of the aircraft, transfer power from the low-spool generator to the energy storage system based on the storage capacity state of the energy storage system, and transfer power to the high spool through the high-spool electric motor to support combustion in the gas turbine engine while a rotational speed of the low spool is reduced responsive to the low-spool generator extracting energy from the low spool.


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