US 11,702,984 B1
Off-set duct heat exchanger
Jon E. Sobanski, Glastonbury, CT (US); and Malcolm MacDonald, Bloomfield, CT (US)
Assigned to Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/588,541.
Int. Cl. F02C 7/12 (2006.01); F02C 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 7/12 (2013.01) [F02C 7/04 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2230/60 (2013.01); F05D 2260/221 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat exchanger system for a propulsion system inlet duct comprising:
an inlet duct assembly, wherein the inlet duct assembly includes a maximum cross-sectional area defined in a plane taken transverse to a longitudinal length of the inlet duct; and
a heat exchanger assembly disposed in the inlet duct assembly, the heat exchanger assembly having a front facing cross-sectional area that is transverse to the longitudinal length of the inlet duct and that is greater than the maximum cross-sectional area of the inlet duct.