US Patent Issued to RTX on June 17 for "Optical detection system for a gas turbine engine combustion assembly" (Connecticut, Florida, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,929, issued on June 17, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Optical detection system for a gas turbine engine combustion assembly" was invented by Orin G. Avidane (Lighthouse Point, Fla.), Andre M. Ajami (Henderson, Nev.), Coy Bruce Wood (Ellington, Conn.), Joseph V. Mantese (Ellington, Conn.), David L. Lincoln (Cromwell, Conn.), Stephen K. Kramer (Cromwell, Conn.) and Ramesh Rajagopalan (Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustion assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor, a monochromator, and a photodetector assembly. The combustor forms a combustion chamber. The monochromator is disposed...