ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,392, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Gas turbine engine with thermal management" was invented by Murat Yazici (Glastonbury, Conn.), Andrew E. Breault (Bolton, Conn.) and Jeffrey T. Morton (Manchester, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid thermal control system for a gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine has a compressor section and an engine fluid source that produces a flow of engine fluid. The fluid thermal control system includes an airflow inlet, an airflow outlet, a heat exchanger, an airflow inlet valve, and a bleed air valve. The heat exchanger permits heat transfer b...