# US 11,898,455 B2 · Gas turbine engine communication gateway with integral antennas > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,898,455 B2 - Document ID: US11898455B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/081,941 - Filed: 2022-12-15 - Published: 2023-04-20 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-17 - Assignees: Rtx Corporation - Applicants: RTX Corporation - Inventors: William C. Lamberti; Paul Raymond Scheid; Jason E. Posniak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11898455B2 ## CPC - F01D 21/003: {Arrangements for testing or measuring (for measuring vibrations G01H)} - G05B 23/02: Electric testing or monitoring - F02C 9/00: Controlling gas-turbine plants; Controlling fuel supply in air- breathing jet-propulsion plants (controlling air intakes F02C7/057; controlling turbines F01D; controlling compressors F04D27/00; controlling in general G05) - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - F05D 2260/82: Forecasts - F05D 2260/83: Testing, e.g. methods, components or tools therefor - F05D 2270/80: Devices generating input signals, e.g. transducers, sensors, cameras or strain gauges - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00) - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS ## Abstract A gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes an engine control configured to monitor and control operation of the gas turbine engine in real-time and a communication adapter that includes a housing and a plurality of antennas in the housing. The communication adapter is configured to establish communication with the engine control and wireless communication with an offboard system external to the aircraft through at least one of the antennas of the communication adapter. The housing includes a metal chassis with a non-conductive substrate between the metal chassis and the antennas. The antennas are partitioned into two or more portions. A communication interface of the communication adapter is configured to establish wireless communication through the antennas using two or more different wireless communication protocols. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gas turbine engine of an aircraft, the gas turbine engine comprising: a compressor section; a combustor section; a turbine section; an engine control configured to monitor and control operation of the gas turbine engine in real-time; and a communication adapter comprising a housing and a plurality of antennas in the housing, wherein the communication adapter is configured to establish communication with the engine control and wireless communication with an offboard system external to the aircraft through at least one of the antennas of the communication adapter, and wherein the housing comprises a metal chassis with a non-conductive substrate between the metal chassis and the antennas, the antennas are partitioned into two or more portions in different quadrants of the housing, and wherein a communication interface of the communication adapter is configured to establish wireless communication through the antennas using two or more different wireless communication protocols. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the antennas are partitioned into four quadrants of the housing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the antennas comprise two or more of a Wi-Fi antenna, a global positioning system antenna, a cellular network antenna, and a satellite communication antenna. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the communication adapter is further configured to support data uploads, downloads, software updates, test functions, and remote trouble-shooting. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The gas turbine engine of claim 4, wherein the data comprises one or more of: flight data, engine data, and sensor data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the communication adapter is further configured to interface with an aircraft bus of the aircraft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the engine control is coupled to one or more connector ports of the communication adapter. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The gas turbine engine of claim 7, wherein the engine control is configured to control at least two independent power supply connections through the one or more connector ports. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The gas turbine engine of claim 8, wherein the at least two independent power supply connections separately control power supplied to processing circuitry and a communication interface of the communication adapter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the antennas are integrated with the housing. ### Claim 11 A method comprising: establishing communication, by a communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft, with an engine control of the gas turbine engine; and establishing wireless communication with an offboard system external to the aircraft through at least one of a plurality of antennas of the communication adapter, wherein a housing of the communication adapter comprises a metal chassis with a non-conductive substrate between the metal chassis and the antennas, the antennas are partitioned into two or more portions in different quadrants of the housing, and wherein a communication interface of the communication adapter is configured to establish wireless communication through the antennas using two or more different wireless communication protocols. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the antennas are partitioned into four quadrants of the housing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the antennas comprise two or more of a Wi-Fi antenna, a global positioning system antenna, a cellular network antenna, and a satellite communication antenna. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the communication adapter is further configured to support data uploads, downloads, software updates, test functions, and remote trouble-shooting. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the data comprises one or more of: flight data, engine data, and sensor data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising wherein the communication adapter is further configured to interface with an aircraft bus of the aircraft. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the engine control is coupled to one or more connector ports of the communication adapter. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the engine control is configured to control at least two independent power supply connections through the one or more connector ports. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the at least two independent power supply connections separately control power supplied to processing circuitry and a communication interface of the communication adapter. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the antennas are integrated with the housing.