US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on Dec. 30 for "Integrated recuperator for a closed Brayton cycle" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,018, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Integrated recuperator for a closed Brayton cycle" was invented by Emmanuel John Grillos II (Kent, Wash.) and Steven Stanley (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closed Brayton cycle (CBC) system for an external heat source is presented. The CBC system includes a turbine that receives a hot gas from a heat source and a compressor that receives cooler gas that is returned to the heat source. The turbine and the compressor may be on a common shaft. A recuperator, which may be integrated with the turbine and the compressor, exchanges...