ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,004, issued on June 24, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG (Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Germany).

"Nozzle assembly with nozzle head having guide element" was invented by Max Staufer (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The proposed solution relates to a nozzle assembly for a combustion chamber of an engine, having at least one nozzle, which includes a nozzle head that extends along a nozzle longitudinal axis and has at least one nozzle exit opening for injecting fuel into a combustion space of the combustion chamber, and at least one air-guiding duct, by way of which a swirl-affected air flow can be created in the directi...