US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Sept. 16 for "Gas turbine engine" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,266, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Gas turbine engine" was invented by Benjamin J Keeler (Chesterfield, Great Britain), Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), Andrea Minelli (Derby, Great Britain), Paul W Ferra (Derby, Great Britain), Alastair G Hobday (Derby, Great Britain) and Andrew T Smith (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes engine core, combustor, compressor, and core shaft. The engine includes fan located upstream of engine core and arranged to be driven by core shaft. The engine includes a nacelle surrounding fan and engine core and defining a by...