US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Jan. 13 for "Probe" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,162, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Probe" was invented by Simon Pitt (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe for determining the swirl angle of the exhaust gasses of a turbine engine, has an elongate body with a fastener, the elongate body having a tip at its proximal end and a head at its distal end, the elongate body having at least two passageways extending from the tip to the head, each passageway having an aperture at the tip and a port at the head which is connectable to a pressure sensor."

The patent was filed on Nov. 1, 2023, under Application No. 18/386,049.

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