US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Nov. 25 for "Gas turbine engine ducting system having a plurality of spherical joints" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,458, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Gas turbine engine ducting system having a plurality of spherical joints" was invented by Jack F Colebrooke (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described an articulatable ducting system 700 for a gas turbine engine. The system comprises a first structure 710, a second structure 720, a first spherical joint 740, a second spherical joint 750 and a conduit 730. The first structure 710 defines a first internal volume 711. The second structure 720 defines a second internal volume 721, with the second structure 720 being movable with respect to the...