US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Rolls-Royce on April 29 for "Turbine engine fan case with bleed air for tip injection and heat exchanger cooling" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,930, issued on April 29, was assigned to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis) and Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).

"Turbine engine fan case with bleed air for tip injection and heat exchanger cooling" was invented by Robert W. Heeter (Indianapolis), Jonathan M. Rivers (Indianapolis) and Daniel E. Molnar Jr. (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan case assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a fan casing and a bleed air flow control system. The fan casing includes an annular case and a fan track liner coupled with the annular case. The bleed air flow control system is configured to...