US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Sept. 29 for "Fueling schedule" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,707, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (London).

"Fueling schedule" was invented by Peter Swann (Derby, Great Britain), Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), Alastair G Hobday (Derby, Great Britain), Benjamin J Keeler (Derby, Great Britain) and Christopher P Madden (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power system for an aircraft includes at least one gas turbine engine arranged to burn a fuel so as to provide power to the aircraft; at least one first fuel tank arranged to be used to power ground-based operation of the aircraft; at least one secondary fuel tank arranged to contain a fuel to be u...