US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on July 15 for "Thermal management system for an aircraft" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,638, issued on July 15, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Thermal management system for an aircraft" was invented by Paul R Davies (Bristol, Great Britain), Alexander T Joyce (Derby, Great Britain) and David A Jones (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system for an aircraft includes a first thermal bus including one or more first heat sources, a heat sink, a vapour compression system, and one or more second heat sources. The vapour compression system includes a compressor, a condenser, a receiver, a first side of a recuperator, an expansion valve, an evaporator, a second side of the re...