US Patent Issued to ROLLS-RPYCE on July 15 for "Inlet assembly" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,635, issued on July 15, was assigned to ROLLS-RPYCE plc (London).

"Inlet assembly" was invented by Oliver C. Taylor-Tibbott (Lichfield, Great Britain), Zahid M. Hussain (Derby, Great Britain) and Ainhoa Aguado San Millan (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inlet assembly includes a web extending between a first end and a second end along a first axis. The web includes first and second major surfaces. The inlet assembly includes a load transfer flange at least partially disposed around the web and configured to be fixedly coupled to a gas turbine engine. The inlet assembly includes first vanes spaced apart from eac...