Rotary wing aircraft propulsion system

US8944367B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Mark Denton Bystry, Jr. · Stratford, US
• Joseph Lawrence Simonetti · Southbury, US
• Matthew J. Tarascio · Milford, US
• Michael Strauss · New Haven, US
• Adam Kasprzyk · Shelton, US
• Timothy Fred Lauder · Oxford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 3, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotary wing aircraft propulsion system includes an engine, a heat exchanger cooling a fluid from the engine and a thermoelectric generator in thermal communication with the fluid to generate electrical power. The thermoelectric generator provides electrical power to at least one aircraft component.