US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on March 17 for "Exhaust nozzle and a method of operating an exhaust nozzle" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,923, issued on March 17, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (London).

"Exhaust nozzle and a method of operating an exhaust nozzle" was invented by Jack F Colebrooke (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust nozzle for a gas turbine engine includes: an exhaust duct configured to receive an exhaust flow of gas from a combustor of the engine; a first flap rotatably coupled to the exhaust duct for rotation about a first axis; a first actuator configured to actuate the first flap about the first axis between a first inner and a first outer position; a second flap rotatably coupled to the exhaust duct for rotation abo...