US Patent Issued to Collins Engine Nozzles on June 17 for "Positional control of fuel injection into gas turbine combustors" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,927, issued on June 17, was assigned to Collins Engine Nozzles Inc. (Des Moines, Iowa).

"Positional control of fuel injection into gas turbine combustors" was invented by Jason A. Ryon (Carlisle, Iowa), Philip E. O. Buelow (West Des Moines, Iowa) and Brandon P. Williams (Johnston, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a combustor for a gas turbine defining a main axis extending in an upstream-downstream direction, the combustor including a combustor dome bounding an upstream portion of the combustor, wherein a plurality of injector openings are defined through the combustor dome. An injector defines a spray axis align...