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US 12,535,036 B2Granted
Engine-integrated heat exchanger
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsSherman Shoak Man Ho, Andrew James Iezzi, Stephen H. Mattia, Barbara Mary Krupczak
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Abstract
A craft has: a body including an engine bay; and an engine having an installed condition at least partially in the engine bay. The engine has a heat exchanger having an inlet manifold; and in the installed condition an air flowpath passes through the inlet manifold to the heat exchanger and exits the heat exchanger to the engine bay.
Claims19
A craft comprising:
- a body including an engine bay;
- and
- an engine having an installed condition at least partially in the engine bay, wherein:
- the engine comprises a heat exchanger having an inlet manifold;
- and
- in the installed condition an air flowpath passes through the inlet manifold to the heat exchanger and exits the heat exchanger to the engine bay:
- wherein:
- the inlet manifold has an outer wall section having means for providing compliance comprising a radial jog in axial cross-sectional shape.
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