US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on Sept. 9 for "Heat transfer" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,756, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Heat transfer" was invented by Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain), Alastair G Hobday (Derby, Great Britain), Benjamin J Keeler (Chesterfield, Great Britain), Andrea Minelli (Derby, Great Britain), Andrew T Smith (Derby, Great Britain) and Martin K Yates (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a gas turbine engine having an engine core having a turbine, a compressor, a combustor arranged to combust a fuel, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core; a fan shaft; a gearbox ...