US Patent Issued to GE Infrastructure Technology on April 22 for "Combustor body and axial fuel stage immersed injectors additively manufactured with different materials" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,794, issued on April 22, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Combustor body and axial fuel stage immersed injectors additively manufactured with different materials" was invented by Richard Martin DiCintio (Simpsonville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor for a gas turbine system includes a combustion liner including a primary combustion zone and a secondary combustion zone. The combustor body is additively manufactured and made of a first material. The combustor also includes axial fuel stage (AFS) immersed injectors extending radially into the combustion liner in the secondary combustio...