US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Sept. 23 for "Gas turbine engines and methods for reducing spool thrust in a combustor section thereof" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,906, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Gas turbine engines and methods for reducing spool thrust in a combustor section thereof" was invented by Eric Bridges (Phoenix), Mark Morris (Phoenix), Jason Smoke (Phoenix), Joseph Yanof (Phoenix), John McClintic (Phoenix), Steven Whitaker (Phoenix) and Partha Das (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gas turbine engines and methods for reducing spool thrust in a combustor section thereof are provided. The engines include an impeller, a shaft coupled to the impeller, an inner cavity downstream of the impeller, a thrust bearing assembly mech...