US Patent Issued to General Electric on Sept. 16 for "Rotatable heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,263, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Rotatable heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine" was invented by Eyitayo James Owoeye (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotatable heat exchanger includes a first manifold assembly, a second manifold assembly, and a core extending axially from the first manifold assembly to the second manifold assembly. The first manifold assembly, the core, and the second manifold assembly are formed to mount around and rotate with a shaft. The core includes a plurality of helical passages that extend from the first manifold assembly to the second manifold ass...