US Patent Issued to RTX on May 27 for "Actuatable airflow splitter for an aircraft powerplant" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,998, issued on May 27, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Actuatable airflow splitter for an aircraft powerplant" was invented by Daniel B. Kupratis (Wallingford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes an inner wall structure, an outer wall structure, a splitter and an actuation system. The inner wall structure extends axially along a first axis to an inner wall upstream end. The outer wall structure extends axially along the first axis to an outer wall upstream end. The splitter extends axially along the first axis to a leading edge. An inne...