US Patent Issued to Rohr on June 3 for "Drain system for propulsion system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,269, issued on June 3, was assigned to Rohr Inc. (Chula Vista, Calif.).

"Drain system for propulsion system" was invented by Theodore P. Barlam (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion system includes a gas turbine engine and a nacelle. The nacelle has inner and outer nacelle portions, an upper bifurcation, and a fluid drain system. The inner nacelle portion is disposed radially outside of the gas turbine engine. The outer nacelle portion is disposed radially outside of the inner nacelle portion. An annular bypass duct is disposed between the inner and outer nacelle portions. The upper bifurcation extends through the...