ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,913, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Aircraft heat management" was invented by Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), Benjamin J Keeler (Chesterfield, Great Britain), Christopher P Madden (Derby, Great Britain), Andrea Minelli (Derby, Great Britain), Peter Swann (Derby, Great Britain) and Martin K Yates (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes an engine core with a combustor; a turbine including turbine blades; a compressor as a source of cooling air for the turbine blades; and an inducer to accelerate and direct the cooling air onto the turbine blades, and a modu...