US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Rolls-Royce on June 23 for "Compressor bleed air exhaust ducting for gas turbine engine systems" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,021, issued on June 23, was assigned to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis) and Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).

"Compressor bleed air exhaust ducting for gas turbine engine systems" was invented by Kerry J. Lighty (Indianapolis), Eric Gooderham (Indianapolis), Michael Kamel (Indianapolis) and Matthew Koeske (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine system includes an enclosure, a compressor assembly located at least partially within the enclosure, and a bleed-duct joint. The compressor assembly includes a compressor and a bleed-air collector having a bleed-air manifold configured to r...