ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,563, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Bowed rotor start reduction via internal cooling" was invented by Anthony R. Bifulco (Ellington, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor frame of a gas turbine engine includes a radially outer ring, and a radially inner ring located radially inboard of the radially outer ring. The radially outer ring and the radially inner ring at least partially define a core flowpath of a gas turbine engine therebetween. A plurality of struts extend between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring. At least one strut of the plurality of struts includes one or...