ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,173, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Supercharged combustor cooling using turbomachinery" was invented by Timothy Snyder (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Lawrence Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a compressor configured to receive inlet air at a compressor inlet and generate compressed air at a compressor exit, a combustor positioned fluidically and physically downstream of the compressor, a turbine positioned fluidically and physically downstream of the combustor, and a shaft mechanically connecting the turbine and the compressor. The combustor is fluid...