US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce on Dec. 30 for "Outlet guide vane for a gas turbine engine and method" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,992, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Rolls-Royce plc.

"Outlet guide vane for a gas turbine engine and method" was invented by Chaitanya Paruchuri (Southampton, Great Britain), Suresh Palani (Southampton, Great Britain), Philip Joseph (Southampton, Great Britain) and Sergi Palleja Cabre (Southampton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outlet guide vane includes an aerofoil body including a root, a tip, a leading edge extending between the root and the tip, a trailing edge opposite to the leading edge, a pressure surface extending between the leading edge and trailing edge, and a suction surface extending between the le...