US Patent Issued to RTX on June 24 for "Thrust diverter for an open rotor aircraft propulsion system" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,770, issued on June 24, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Thrust diverter for an open rotor aircraft propulsion system" was invented by Marc J. Muldoon (Marlborough, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion system is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft propulsion system includes an engine housing, an open propulsor rotor, an engine core and a thrust diversion system. The open propulsor rotor is outside of the engine housing. The engine core is within the engine housing and motively coupled to the open propulsor rotor. The thrust diversion system is configured with the engine housing. The thrust diversion sy...