ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,614, issued on April 22, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Gas turbine temperature sensor" was invented by Andrea Minelli (Derby, Great Britain), Benjamin J Keeler (Chesterfield, Great Britain), Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), David M Beaven (Nottingham, Great Britain) and Kevin R Mcnally (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a gas turbine engine including: an engine core with a turbine, compressor, a fuel combustor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan; a gearbox that receives an input from the core shaft and outputs drive to the fan; an oil loop system...