ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,684, issued on June 17, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Strut microtube counterflow evaporator" was invented by Jon Erik Sobanski (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Jacob C. Snyder (East Haddam, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion includes a core engine section that defines a core flow path where an inlet airflow is compressed, mixed with fuel, and ignited to generate an exhaust gas flow, an inner nacelle assembly that surrounds the core engine section, an outer nacelle assembly that is spaced radially apart from the inner nacelle assembly, and a strut heat exchanger that extends radially between the inn...