F02C 6/20
Adaptations of gas-turbine plants for driving vehicles
F02C6/20 (Adaptations of gas-turbine plants for driving vehicles) appears on 589 US grants and 657 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02C- Granted patents
- 589
- Published applications
- 657
- Assignees
- 120
- Inventors
- 990
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 81 | 71 |
| 2024 | 73 | 64 |
| 2025 | 64 | 43 |
| 2026 | 36 | 67 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Reverse flow gas turbine engine having electric machine8 Sep 2026US 12,729,643 B2General Electric Company
- Gearboxes for aircraft gas turbine engines8 Sep 2026US 12,729,651 B2ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Pusher aircraft power plant with swirl recovery vanes8 Sep 2026US 12,729,659 B2Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Independent mitigation for isolation of electric motor25 Aug 2026US 12,719,398 B2Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Systems and methods for controlling an electric motor of an aircraft propulsion system11 Aug 2026US 12,703,495 B2Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Thermal management assembly for a hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286890 A1Rtx Corporation
- Two-speed epicyclic gearbox for aircraft propulsion system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242065 A1Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Stacked approach for distributed hybrid propulsion with scalability and modularity20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243198 A1Rtx Corporation
- Air system for aircraft propulsion system electric machine13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235075 A1Rtx Corporation
- Air system for aircraft propulsion system electric machine13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235076 A1Rtx Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Geared drive system for a bladed propulsor402US 5,466,198 AUnited Technologies Corporation · 1995
- Thermoelectric cryoprobe155US 4,519,389 A1985
- Gas turbine and a method for controlling a gas turbine120US 7,404,294 B2Volvo Aero Corporation · 2008
- Gas turbine engine braking and method119US 4,209,979 AThe Garrett Corporation · 1980
- Compound propulsor99US 4,446,696 AGeneral Electric Company · 1984