US Patent Issued to RTX on May 5 for "Open rotor nose cone ram air heat exchanger with exhaust of cooling air through static structure" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,367, issued on May 5, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Open rotor nose cone ram air heat exchanger with exhaust of cooling air through static structure" was invented by William K. Ackermann (East Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes an open rotor configured to rotate with a nose cone. A heat exchanger is positioned within the nose cone and a system for using a working fluid. An inlet from the system is connected to the heat exchanger and an outlet from the heat exchanger connected back to the system. A central opening is in a central portion of the nose cone to deliver cooling air ...