ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,366, issued on May 5, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (London).
"Thermal management system for an aircraft" was invented by Paul R Davies (Bristol, Great Britain), Richard G Mochrie (Guildford, Great Britain) and David A Jones (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system for an aircraft includes a first gas turbine engine, one or more first electric machines rotatably coupled to the first gas turbine engine, a first thermal bus, and a first heat exchanger. Waste heat energy generated by at least one first gas turbine engine, and first electric machine, transfers to the first heat transfer fluid. Th...