US Patent Issued to General Electric on Feb. 18 for "Integral engine inlet frame air-cooled oil cooling apparatus" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,075, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Integral engine inlet frame air-cooled oil cooling apparatus" was invented by Robert B. Brown (Medford, Mass.), Brian Devendorf (Georgetown, Mass.), Stephen G. Matava (Andover, Mass.), Emma Lebwohl (Somerville, Mass.), Michael T. Hogan (Tewksbury, Mass.) and Susan Frances Redus (Malden, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example systems and methods for integrating an air-cooled oil cooler into an inlet frame of an engine are provided. An example gas turbine engine comprises an inlet frame including an inlet plenum at a first end of an inlet frame flow p...