US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies on Feb. 10 for "Compressor bleed air collector and exhaust ducting for gas turbine engine systems" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,261, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Compressor bleed air collector and exhaust ducting for gas turbine engine systems" was invented by Kerry J. Lighty (Indianapolis), John W. Lindenfeld (Indianapolis) and Bryan H. Lerg (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine system includes an enclosure, a compressor located within the disclosure, and a bleed-air collector coupled to the compressor. The compressor includes an outer case and a bleed-air valves fluidly coupled with the outer case of the compressor and configured to direct a portion of the air th...