US Patent Issued to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie on Nov. 18 for "Fuel injector and fuel nozzle for a gas turbine, and gas turbine engine including the nozzle" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,053, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie S.r.l. (Florence, Italy).

"Fuel injector and fuel nozzle for a gas turbine, and gas turbine engine including the nozzle" was invented by Egidio Pucci (Florence, Italy), Stefano Gori (Florence, Italy) and Roberto Meloni (Florence, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel injector comprises a fuel infeed chamber and a centerbody extending along a longitudinal axis from the fuel infeed chamber to a distal end of the centerbody. An outer sleeve surrounds the centerbody and forms an annular premix chamber between the outer sleeve and the centerbody. The centerbody compris...