ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,287, issued on July 8, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Variable guide vane for aircraft propulsion system" was invented by Jeffrey T. Morton (Manchester, Conn.) and Stephen G. Pixton (South Windsor, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes an open propulsor rotor and an open guide vane structure. The open propulsor rotor is rotatable about a rotational axis. The open guide vane structure is axially next to and downstream of the open propulsor rotor. The open guide vane structure includes a plurality of open guide vanes arranged circumferentially about the rotational ax...