ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,511, issued on July 14, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (London).
"Determination of fuel characteristics" was invented by Peter Swann (Derby, Great Britain), David M Beaven (Nottingham, Great Britain), Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), Alastair G Hobday (Derby, Great Britain), Benjamin J Keeler (Derby, Great Britain), Christopher P Madden (Derby, Great Britain) and Martin K Yates (East Haddon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining one or more fuel characteristics of an aviation fuel suitable for powering a gas turbine engine of an aircraft. The method includes: exposing the surface of a piezoelect...