US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on March 25 for "Combustor swirler to dome attachment" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,137, issued on March 25, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Combustor swirler to dome attachment" was invented by Gerardo Antonio Salazar Lois (West Chester, Ohio), Nicholas John Bloom (Maineville, Ohio), Daniel J. Kirtley (Blue Ash, Ohio), Shai Birmaher (Cincinnati) and Ryan Christopher Jones (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor for a gas turbine includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) dome including a swirler opening therethrough with a flare interface surface surrounding the swirler opening, a swirler assembly including (a) a secondary swirler having a threaded flare attachment...