ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,054, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Rolls-Royce plc.
"Gas turbine engine" was invented by Nicholas Grech (Derby, Great Britain) and Jacopo Tacconi (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion system includes a gas turbine engine configured to burn hydrogen fuel supplied from a cooled hydrogen supply via a fuel conduit. A fuel offtake is configured and arranged to divert a portion of hydrogen fuel from the fuel conduit. A burner is configured to burn the portion of hydrogen fuel diverted from the main fuel conduit with air bled from the core compressor via an offtake to produce exhaust gases. A heat ...