ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,133, issued on March 25, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Cooling combustor wall boss" was invented by Dibesh D. Joshi (South Windsor, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor wall includes a panel, a boss, a wall aperture and multiple cooling apertures. The panel extends axially along and circumferentially about an axial centerline. The panel extends radially between a first panel surface and a second panel surface. The first panel surface forms a peripheral boundary of a combustion chamber. The boss projects out from the second panel surface. The boss extends circumferentially around and forms an outer perip...