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FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING LIGHTING HEATING WEAPONS BLASTING ENGINES OR PUMPS F02Combustion engines F02CGAS-TURBINE PLANTS AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS F02C9/00Controlling gas-turbine plants Controlling fuel supply in air- breathing jet-propulsion plants

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Fuel system for dual use gas turbine engine main fuel pump
- Patent number 12,253,029
- Issue date Mar 18, 2025
- Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Eric Briggs
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Dedicated thermal recirculation control
- Patent number 12,241,418
- Issue date Mar 4, 2025
- Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Ryan Shook
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Aircraft propulsion
- Patent number 12,240,614
- Issue date Mar 4, 2025
- Rolls-Royce PLC
- Peter Swann
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Torque balancing for hybrid electric propulsion systems and aircraf...
- Patent number 12,240,619
- Issue date Mar 4, 2025
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Jean Thomassin
- B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Flow-metering fuel systems and related methods
- Patent number 12,234,778
- Issue date Feb 25, 2025
- General Electric Company
- Michael Joseph Murray
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
System and method having multi-fluid injectors for isothermal expan...
- Patent number 12,228,072
- Issue date Feb 18, 2025
- GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- John Farrior Woodall
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Flammable fluid reservoir
- Patent number 12,221,927
- Issue date Feb 11, 2025
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Sylvain Lamarre
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Fuel delivery
- Patent number 12,215,635
- Issue date Feb 4, 2025
- Rolls-Royce PLC
- Peter Swann
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Hydraulic motoring of engine
- Patent number 12,209,537
- Issue date Jan 28, 2025
- Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Eric Briggs
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Heat driven thermal management systems and methods for operating th...
- Patent number 12,209,533
- Issue date Jan 28, 2025
- General Electric Company
- Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for control of volumetric flows in a power prod...
- Patent number 12,203,658
- Issue date Jan 21, 2025
- 8 Rivers Capital, LLC
- Jeremy Eron Fetvedt
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
System and method for in situ verification of redundant electro-hyd...
- Patent number 12,203,419
- Issue date Jan 21, 2025
- Woodward, Inc.
- Michael L. Hahn
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Regenerative fuel heating system
- Patent number 12,196,136
- Issue date Jan 14, 2025
- General Electric Company
- Jeffrey Douglas Rambo
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Method, control system and ejector system for introducing vent gas...
- Patent number 12,196,126
- Issue date Jan 14, 2025
- Howard Malm
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Delay time calculation method and gas turbine control method, and d...
- Patent number 12,196,142
- Issue date Jan 14, 2025
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Ken Hatano
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Manifold select metering system
- Patent number 12,188,419
- Issue date Jan 7, 2025
- Woodward, Inc.
- Carthel C. Baker
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
State determining device, operation controlling device, gas turbine...
- Patent number 12,188,411
- Issue date Jan 7, 2025
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Takashi Sonoda
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Fuel delivery
- Patent number 12,180,899
- Issue date Dec 31, 2024
- Rolls-Royce PLC
- Peter Swann
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Grant
Rotating detonation combustor and system
- Patent number 12,180,887
- Issue date Dec 31, 2024
- United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Michael Mcclearn
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Grant
Fuel system and method for supplying a combustion chamber in an air...
- Patent number 12,163,471
- Issue date Dec 10, 2024
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Jérémy Peinado
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Fuel control device, combustor, gas turbine, control method, and no...
- Patent number 12,152,540
- Issue date Nov 26, 2024
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Keisuke Yamamoto
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Grant
Valve position control
- Patent number 12,140,033
- Issue date Nov 12, 2024
- ABB Schweiz AG
- Camilo Lopez
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Grant
Transient gaseous fuel flow scheduling
- Patent number 12,140,086
- Issue date Nov 12, 2024
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Todd Miller
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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Fluid delivery system
- Patent number 12,140,079
- Issue date Nov 12, 2024
- Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Morgan O'Rorke
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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System and method for detecting and accommodating loss of torque on...
- Patent number 12,140,085
- Issue date Nov 12, 2024
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Gabriel Meunier
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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Method of using a primary fuel to pilot liquid fueled combustors
- Patent number 12,098,678
- Issue date Sep 24, 2024
- RTX Corporation
- Timothy S. Snyder
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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Turbine fracturing system, controlling method thereof, controlling...
- Patent number 12,098,627
- Issue date Sep 24, 2024
- Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Zhuqing Mao
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Method for monitoring the operating state of a hydro-mechanical unit
- Patent number 12,092,041
- Issue date Sep 17, 2024
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Arnaud Bernard Clément Thomas Joudareff
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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Engine control device and methods thereof
- Patent number 12,071,905
- Issue date Aug 27, 2024
- RTX Corporation
- Donald E Grove
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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Variable displacement pumps
- Patent number 12,071,942
- Issue date Aug 27, 2024
- Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Matej Rutar
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
BUILT-IN TEST OF ACTIVELY CONTROLLED FUEL NOZZLES
- Publication number 20250084798
- Publication date Mar 13, 2025
- RTX Corporation
- Alessio Pulliero
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
CONTROLLABLE FUEL NOZZLE VALVES WITH REDUNDANCY
- Publication number 20250075661
- Publication date Mar 6, 2025
- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
- Gary McBrien
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
FUEL SYSTEMS FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Publication number 20250067217
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- David Justin Brady
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
Fuel Unit Health Monitoring System
- Publication number 20250067222
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Andrew LEE
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
Uncommanded or Uncontrollable High Thrust Detection and Mitigation
- Publication number 20250067223
- Publication date Feb 27, 2025
- Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
- Govindaraj KALYANASAMY
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
FUEL DELIVERY
- Publication number 20250059922
- Publication date Feb 20, 2025
- Rolls-Royce plc
- Peter SWANN
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
FUEL SYSTEM FOR DUAL USE GAS TURBINE ENGINE MAIN FUEL PUMP
- Publication number 20250052199
- Publication date Feb 13, 2025
- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
- Eric Briggs
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
Apparatus and Process for Starting Up and Shutting Down a Feed of F...
- Publication number 20250043736
- Publication date Feb 6, 2025
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Bryan Michael Krause
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
HYDRAULIC MOTORING OF ENGINE
- Publication number 20250035042
- Publication date Jan 30, 2025
- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
- Eric Briggs
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
GAS TURBINE ENGINE HAVING A HYDRAULIC FAN BRAKE
- Publication number 20250027427
- Publication date Jan 23, 2025
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Jeffrey D. Rambo
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
DEDICATED THERMAL RECIRCULATION CONTROL
- Publication number 20250027451
- Publication date Jan 23, 2025
- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
- Ryan Shook
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
LIQUID-PROPELLANT ENGINE AND METHOD OF USE
- Publication number 20240426262
- Publication date Dec 26, 2024
- Heathe W. Ball
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF VOLUMETRIC FLOWS IN A POWER PROD...
- Publication number 20240418371
- Publication date Dec 19, 2024
- 8 RIVERS CAPITAL, LLC
- Jeremy Eron Fetvedt
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE FOR GAS TURBINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUEL...
- Publication number 20240410585
- Publication date Dec 12, 2024
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Takashi SHIRAIWA
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
HYDROGEN FUEL SYSTEM
- Publication number 20240401518
- Publication date Dec 5, 2024
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Constantinos Minas
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING GASEOUS DIHYDROGEN PRODUCED IN A LIQUID DIHYD...
- Publication number 20240360792
- Publication date Oct 31, 2024
- Airbus Operations SAS
- Nandakumar DEVASIGAMANI
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
IMPROVED METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AND SETTING EXHAUST PURGE TIME IN A...
- Publication number 20240337215
- Publication date Oct 10, 2024
- Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie S.r.l.
- Eugenio OUARTIERI
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
DUAL CYCLE INTERCOOLED HYDROGEN ENGINE ARCHITECTURE
- Publication number 20240328355
- Publication date Oct 3, 2024
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Scott SMITH
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A POWER PLANT
- Publication number 20240318606
- Publication date Sep 26, 2024
- 8 RIVERS CAPITAL, LLC
- Jeremy Eron Fetvedt
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
POWER GENERATION FACILITY
- Publication number 20240318599
- Publication date Sep 26, 2024
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Shohei Yoshida
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
FUEL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN AN AIR...
- Publication number 20240318601
- Publication date Sep 26, 2024
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
- Jérémy Peinado
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
HIGH BANDWIDTH CONTROL OF TURBOFAN/TURBOPROP THRUST RESPONSE USING...
- Publication number 20240287943
- Publication date Aug 29, 2024
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Harry Kirk Mathews
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
TRANSMISSION AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF BOOST SPOOL
- Publication number 20240287939
- Publication date Aug 29, 2024
- Raytheon Corporation
- Paul R. Hanrahan
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
HYBRID ELECTRIC HYDROGEN ENGINE FOR AIRCRAFT
- Publication number 20240287931
- Publication date Aug 29, 2024
- RTX Corporation
- Neil J. Terwilliger
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DUAL, MOTOR-DRIVEN PUMPING AND DIRECT METERING
- Publication number 20240263589
- Publication date Aug 8, 2024
- WOODWARD, INC.
- Brett J. Snodgrass
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING MULTI-FLUID INJECTORS FOR ISOTHERMAL EXPAN...
- Publication number 20240229710
- Publication date Jul 11, 2024
- GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- John Farrior Woodall
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING FLUID INJECTORS FOR ISOTHERMAL EXPANSION I...
- Publication number 20240218838
- Publication date Jul 4, 2024
- General Electric Company
- John Farrior Woodall
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
SUPERVISORY CONTROL FOR INTEGRATED POWER AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF...
- Publication number 20240209798
- Publication date Jun 27, 2024
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Milos Ilak
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR OPERATING A TURBOMACHINE FOR A FLIGHT PROPULSION DRIVE
- Publication number 20240209797
- Publication date Jun 27, 2024
- MTU Aero Engines AG
- Sascha Kaiser
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
Heat Driven Thermal Management Systems and Methods for Operating th...
- Publication number 20240175390
- Publication date May 30, 2024
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Rodrigo RODRIGUEZ ERDMENGER
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS

Control of fuel supply

Industry

Parent Industries

Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Fuel system for dual use gas turbine engine main fuel pump

Dedicated thermal recirculation control

Aircraft propulsion

Torque balancing for hybrid electric propulsion systems and aircraf...

Flow-metering fuel systems and related methods

System and method having multi-fluid injectors for isothermal expan...

Flammable fluid reservoir

Fuel delivery

Hydraulic motoring of engine

Heat driven thermal management systems and methods for operating th...

Systems and methods for control of volumetric flows in a power prod...

System and method for in situ verification of redundant electro-hyd...

Regenerative fuel heating system

Method, control system and ejector system for introducing vent gas...

Delay time calculation method and gas turbine control method, and d...

Manifold select metering system

State determining device, operation controlling device, gas turbine...

Fuel delivery

Rotating detonation combustor and system

Fuel system and method for supplying a combustion chamber in an air...

Fuel control device, combustor, gas turbine, control method, and no...

Valve position control

Transient gaseous fuel flow scheduling

Fluid delivery system

System and method for detecting and accommodating loss of torque on...

Method of using a primary fuel to pilot liquid fueled combustors

Turbine fracturing system, controlling method thereof, controlling...

Method for monitoring the operating state of a hydro-mechanical unit

Engine control device and methods thereof

Variable displacement pumps

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

BUILT-IN TEST OF ACTIVELY CONTROLLED FUEL NOZZLES

CONTROLLABLE FUEL NOZZLE VALVES WITH REDUNDANCY

FUEL SYSTEMS FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINES

Fuel Unit Health Monitoring System

Uncommanded or Uncontrollable High Thrust Detection and Mitigation

FUEL DELIVERY

FUEL SYSTEM FOR DUAL USE GAS TURBINE ENGINE MAIN FUEL PUMP

Apparatus and Process for Starting Up and Shutting Down a Feed of F...

HYDRAULIC MOTORING OF ENGINE

GAS TURBINE ENGINE HAVING A HYDRAULIC FAN BRAKE

DEDICATED THERMAL RECIRCULATION CONTROL

LIQUID-PROPELLANT ENGINE AND METHOD OF USE

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF VOLUMETRIC FLOWS IN A POWER PROD...

FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE FOR GAS TURBINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUEL...

HYDROGEN FUEL SYSTEM

SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING GASEOUS DIHYDROGEN PRODUCED IN A LIQUID DIHYD...

IMPROVED METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AND SETTING EXHAUST PURGE TIME IN A...

DUAL CYCLE INTERCOOLED HYDROGEN ENGINE ARCHITECTURE

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A POWER PLANT

POWER GENERATION FACILITY

FUEL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN AN AIR...

HIGH BANDWIDTH CONTROL OF TURBOFAN/TURBOPROP THRUST RESPONSE USING...

TRANSMISSION AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF BOOST SPOOL

HYBRID ELECTRIC HYDROGEN ENGINE FOR AIRCRAFT

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DUAL, MOTOR-DRIVEN PUMPING AND DIRECT METERING

SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING MULTI-FLUID INJECTORS FOR ISOTHERMAL EXPAN...

SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING FLUID INJECTORS FOR ISOTHERMAL EXPANSION I...

SUPERVISORY CONTROL FOR INTEGRATED POWER AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF...

METHOD FOR OPERATING A TURBOMACHINE FOR A FLIGHT PROPULSION DRIVE

Heat Driven Thermal Management Systems and Methods for Operating th...