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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2024
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Federico Papa, Port Saint Lucie, FL (US);
Cameron Allan Davis, Windsor, CT (US);
Dmitriy Sidelkovskiy, Ellington, CT (US);
Brian Lund, Moodus, CT (US);
Stephen Okwilagwe, Peachtree Corners, GA (US);
Samuel Reissmann, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Keith Dahl, Schofield, WI (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A tail cone ventilation system including a tail cone case defining a tail cone interior and a tail cone exterior, the tail cone having a forward portion and an aft portion separated axially along a tail cone axis; an air inlet fluidly coupled with the tail cone interior through ducting, the air inlet located externally from the tail cone interior; a conduit attached to the tail cone case at the tail cone exterior and to a pylon at an opposite end, the conduit comprising a cable chase having cable, the cable being in operative communication with at least one electronic component within the tail cone interior; a cooling supply fluidly coupled between the air inlet and a pylon exhaust, the cooling supply configured to cool the cable within the cable chase; and a fan fluidly coupled with the cooling supply.