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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2024
Applicant:

Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;

Inventors:

Craig W Bemment, Derby, GB;

Benjamin J Keeler, Derby, GB;

Paul W Ferra, Derby, GB;

Alastair G Hobday, Derby, GB;

Kevin R Mcnally, Derby, GB;

Andrea Minelli, Derby, GB;

Martin K Yates, Northamptonshire, GB;

Assignee:

ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/28 (2006.01); F23R 3/36 (2006.01); B64D 27/12 (2006.01); B64D 37/00 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/28 (2013.01); F23R 3/36 (2013.01); B64D 27/12 (2013.01); B64D 37/00 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01); F05D 2270/313 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present application discloses a method of determining one or more fuel characteristics of an aviation fuel suitable for powering a gas turbine engine of an aircraft, the method comprising: determining a mass of a fuel being loaded, or which has been loaded, onto the aircraft; determining a corresponding volume of the fuel; determining one or more fuel characteristics of the fuel based on the determined mass and volume. Also disclosed is a fuel characteristic determination system, a method of operating an aircraft, and an aircraft.


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