ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,667, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAFRAN AERO BOOSTERS (Herstal, Belgium) and GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, N.Y.).

"System for cooling oil in an aircraft turbine engine" was invented by Xavier Vandenplas (Herstal, Belgium) and Bruno Servais (Herstal, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for cooling oil in an aircraft turbine engine includes an intermediate support casing configured to be located between a low-pressure compressor and a high-pressure compressor of the aircraft turbine engine. The system further includes a heat exchanger for cooling the oil by heat exchange with air. The heat exchanger is at leas...