US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on June 3 for "Aircraft heat management" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,298, issued on June 3, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Aircraft heat management" was invented by Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), Benjamin J Keeler (Chesterfield, Great Britain), Christopher P Madden (Derby, Great Britain), Andrea Minelli (Derby, Great Britain), Peter Swann (Derby, Great Britain) and Martin K Yates (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes an engine core with a combustor; a turbine including turbine blades; a compressor as a source of cooling air for the turbine blades; and an inducer to accelerate and direct the cooling air onto the turbine blades, and a modu...