ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,169, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Gas turbine engine" was invented by Lloyd D Morson (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor assembly (16) for a gas turbine having an annular combustor body and an annular combustor rear. The combustor body and the combustor rear are connected by: i) fit between a radially outer surface of the radially outer wall of the combustor rear and a radially inner surface of the radially outer wall of the combustor body, ii) fit between a radially inner surface of the radially inner wall of the combustor rear and a radially outer surface of the radially...