US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Oct. 27 for "Nosecone for a ducted fan gas turbine engine" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,679, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Nosecone for a ducted fan gas turbine engine" was invented by Anastasios Kovanis (Derby, Great Britain), Andrew Mekeresz (Derby, Great Britain) and Ewan F Thompson (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nosecone for a ducted fan gas turbine engine is shown. The nosecone includes a body with an outer surface that tapers in axial extent from an apex to a base of the body, the apex defining a position of 0 percent axial extent and the base defining a position of 100 percent axial extent, and in which the outer surface includes a plurality of undulations e...