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Gas turbine engine

US12416261B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 30, 2022
Grant dateSep 16, 2025
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/60
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas turbine engine including: a fan assembly comprising a fan; and a turbomachine drivingly coupled to the fan and including a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order and defining in part a working gas flowpath, the gas turbine engine defining a bypass passage over the turbomachine; the turbomachine further including a heat exchanger and defining an annular cooling passage extending between an inlet and an outlet, the inlet in airflow communication with the working gas flowpath at a location upstream of the compressor section and the outlet in airflow communication with the bypass passage, the heat exchanger in thermal communication with an airflow through the cooling passage.

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