ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,008, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SAFRAN (Paris) and SAFRAN NACELLES (Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France).

"System for cooling a liquid for lubricating an aircraft turbomachine" was invented by Ephraim Toubiana (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Samer Maalouf (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Jean-Nicolas Pierre Bouchout (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for cooling a liquid for lubricating an aircraft turbomachine, includes an exchanger including a cooling volume and a circuit for cooling a heat-transfer fluid by a loop for circulating the two-phase fluid, with thermocapillary pumping. The cooling circuit includ...