US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on April 8 for "Gas turbine engine with an improved thermal management system" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,338, issued on April 8, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (London).

"Gas turbine engine with an improved thermal management system" was invented by Andrea Minelli (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes: an engine core; fan; turbomachinery bearings; power gearbox; and a heat management system configured to provide lubrication and cooling to the power gearbox and turbomachinery bearings and including at least one air-lubricant heat exchanger to dissipate a first amount of heat to a first heat sink, and at least one fuel-lubricant heat exchanger to dissipate a second amount of he...