US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies on Feb. 4 for "Heat exchanger inlet vane assemblies with improved mixing trailing edge features" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,621, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Heat exchanger inlet vane assemblies with improved mixing trailing edge features" was invented by Kerry J. Lighty (Plainfield, Ind.), William Williamson (Indianapolis), Luke Dillard (Indianapolis) and David Templin (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a heat exchanger and an inlet shroud. The heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat. The inlet shroud is configured to be coupled with the heat exchanger upstream of the heat exchanger."

The patent was filed on July 31, 2023, under Application No...