ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,141, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Combustor of gas turbine including a fixture that attaches a liner to an outer wall having a cooling air passage" was invented by Naoya Ohira (Kobe, Japan) and Yoshihiko Ozaki (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor of a gas turbine according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: an outer wall surrounding a combustion chamber; a liner located inside the outer wall and facing the combustion chamber; and a fixture that attaches the liner to the outer wall in a state where there is a gap between the outer wall and the liner. The f...