US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on March 25 for "Combustor with fuel and air mixing plenum" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,135, issued on March 25, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Combustor with fuel and air mixing plenum" was invented by Tin Cheung John Hu (Markham, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor includes a liner and an air fuel mixing body in a wall of the liner. A fuel supply passage provides fuel into the mixing body. The fuel then is injected through radial distribution passages into a mixing plenum. The mixing plenum receives a cellular material. Air supply passages deliver air into the mixing plenum. Downstream extending passages lead from the mixing plenum to an inner face of the mixing body ...