US Patent Issued to RTX on May 20 for "Gas turbine engine with active variable turbine cooling" (Maine, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,580, issued on May 20, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Gas turbine engine with active variable turbine cooling" was invented by Nathan K. Galle (Portland, Maine) and Steven M. Dvorak (Dover, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section operably coupled to the compressor section. A primary flow path is defined through the compressor section, the combustor section, and the turbine section. An engine case surrounds the compressor section, the combustor section, and the turbine section. The gas turbine engine also includes a means for pr...