ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,331, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"High shear fuel distributor" was invented by Kian McCaldon (Orangeville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel mixture distributor for a turbine engine assembly includes a mixing chamber that is disposed about a central axis from a back wall to an outlet of a combustion chamber, and a fuel inlet that extends into the mixing chamber along the central axis. The fuel inlet includes a plurality of fuel openings that are angled relative to the central axis and a first air inlet that encircles the mixing chamber and is spaced apart from the fu...