ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,976, issued on May 26, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Fluid cooler installation and method for turbofan engine" was invented by Ivan Sidorovich Paradiso (Toronto) and Daniel Alecu (Brampton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid cooler for installation in a bypass duct of a turbofan gas turbine engine and associated methods are provided. The fluid cooler includes an inlet duct, a heat exchanger and an outlet duct. The inlet duct includes an inlet protruding into the bypass duct to receive a portion of the bypass air into the inlet duct. The heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the i...