ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,440, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS SA (Herstal, Belgium).

"Triple-flow axial turbomachine comprising a diverging heat exchanger in the third flow" was invented by David Weicker (Rhode-Saint-Genese, Belgium), Florian Cleyet (Rhode-Saint-Genese, Belgium) and Bruno Servais (Herstal, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial turbomachine includes a first separation nozzle capable of separating an incoming air flow into a radially internal air flow and a radially external air flow, called a secondary flow; a second separation nozzle capable of separating the radially internal air flow into a primary flow an...