ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,813, issued on July 15, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Engine fuel nozzle and swirler" was invented by Pradeep Naik (Bengaluru, India), Perumallu Vukanti (Bengaluru, India), Michael T. Bucaro (Arvada, Colo.), Ajoy Patra (Bengaluru, India), Manampathy G. Giridharan (Evendale, Ohio), Steven C. Vise (West Chester, Ohio), Michael A. Benjamin (West Chester, Ohio), Sripathi Mohan (Bengaluru, India), R Narasimha Chiranthan (Bengaluru, India) and Joseph Zelina (Waynesville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the turbine, which drives the engine. A fue...