ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,334, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Heat exchanger" was invented by Paul M Hield (Bristol, Great Britain), Jonathan A Cherry (Bristol, Great Britain) and Thomas S Binnington (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbofan gas turbine engine comprises, in axial flow sequence, a heat exchanger module, a fan assembly, a compressor module, a turbine module, and an exhaust module. The fan assembly comprises a plurality of fan blades defining a fan diameter (D). The heat exchanger module is in fluid communication with the fan assembly by an inlet duct, and the heat exchanger module comprises...