ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,443, issued on July 8, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"CMC combustor deflector" was invented by Brandon ALlanson Reynolds (Cincinnati), Matthew Mark Weaver (Loveland, Ohio) and Daniel Patrick Kerns (Mason, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Combustor dome assemblies having combustor deflectors are provided. For example, a combustor dome assembly comprises a combustor dome defining an opening; a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) deflector positioned adjacent the combustor dome on an aft side of the assembly; a fuel-air mixer defining a groove about an outer perimeter thereof; and a seal plate including a key. The ...