US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies on March 24 for "Heat exchanger with inlet and outlet turning vanes for use in gas turbine engines" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,421, issued on March 24, was assigned to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Heat exchanger with inlet and outlet turning vanes for use in gas turbine engines" was invented by Douglas J. Snyder (Indianapolis), Scott Schwenker (Indianapolis), Patrick C. Sweeney (Plainfield, Ind.) and Christopher DeBruhl (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a bypass duct and a heat-exchanger assembly. The bypass duct is configured to direct air through a flow path. The heat-exchanger assembly is configured to receive a first portion of the air flowing through the flow path of the bypass d...