ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,423, issued on April 15, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).
"Floating primary vane swirler" was invented by Pradeep Naik (Bengaluru, India), David A. Lind (Lebanon, Ohio), Shai Birmaher (Cincinnati), Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan (Bengaluru, India), Ajoy Patra (Bengaluru, India) and Saket Singh (Bengaluru, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swirler assembly includes a primary swirler having a primary swirler connecting portion, a fuel nozzle connecting portion for connecting a fuel nozzle to the primary swirler, and a primary oxidizer flow passage that extends at least partially in the longitudinal direct...