US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Nov. 3 for "Shaft bearing positioning in a gas turbine engine" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,666, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Shaft bearing positioning in a gas turbine engine" was invented by Jillian C Gaskell (Derby, Great Britain), Chathura K Kannangara (Derby, Great Britain) and Punitha Kamesh (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes an engine core including a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor, a fan located upstream of the engine core, and a gearbox. The turbine is the lowest pressure turbine of the engine, and has a turbine length that is the distance between the root of the most upst...