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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2024
Applicant:
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Brandon M. Evans, San Antonio, TX (US);
Neil J. Terwilliger, Cheshire, CT (US);
Melissa Coombes, Orono, ME (US);
Assignee:
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/30 (2006.01); B64D 37/34 (2006.01); F02C 6/00 (2006.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/30 (2013.01); B64D 37/34 (2013.01); F02C 6/00 (2013.01); F02C 7/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft propulsion system includes at least two gas turbine engines and a bottoming cycle system where a working fluid is circulated within a closed circuit that includes a bottoming compressor section and a bottoming turbine section. Each of the at least two gas turbine engines include a primary heat exchanger for communicating thermal energy into the working fluid of the bottoming cycle.