ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,210, issued on July 8, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Gas turbine fuel temperature" was invented by Andrea Minelli (Derby, Great Britain), Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), Benjamin J Keeler (Chesterfield, Great Britain), Kevin R McNally (Derby, Great Britain) and Martin K Yates (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an aircraft gas turbine engine including: a core including a turbine, a compressor, a combustor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan upstream of the core; a fan shaft; at least one bearing supporting the fan shaft; at least one auxiliary sy...