ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,572, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to VERTICAL AEROSPACE GROUP Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Propulsion system thermal management" was invented by James Sheppard (Bristol, Great Britain) and Andrea De Matteis (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flying vehicle propulsion system comprises a propulsor, a drive system, a heat exchanger, and a housing in which the heat exchanger is provided. The propulsor produces a propulsor fluid flow. In a first operation configuration of the propulsion system, at least part of the propulsor fluid flow is incident on the exchanger. A propulsor fluid flow inlet port of the housi...