US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on April 29 for "Super-cooled ice impact protection for a gas turbine engine" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,895, issued on April 29, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Super-cooled ice impact protection for a gas turbine engine" was invented by Ian J Bousfield (Nottingham, Great Britain) and Duncan A Macdougall (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine comprises a fan mounted to rotate about a main longitudinal axis; an engine core, comprising in axial flow series a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine coupled to the compressor through a shaft; a reduction gearbox that receives an input from the shaft and outputs drive to the fan so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the shaft; whe...