US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on April 21 for "Operating a gas turbine engine" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,145, issued on April 21, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (London).

"Operating a gas turbine engine" was invented by Andrea Minelli (Derby, Great Britain), Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), Benjamin J Keeler (Chesterfield, Great Britain), Kevin R Mcnally (Derby, Great Britain) and Martin K Yates (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an aircraft gas turbine engine including: a core including a turbine, a compressor, a combustor to combust fuel, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan upstream of the core; a fan shaft; a bearing supporting the fan shaft; an oil loop sy...