ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,669, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Electrostatic flow guide dirt collector" was invented by Scott Liljenberg (Wethersfield, Conn.) and Dustin Davis (Marlborough, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine combustor section extends axially from a pre-diffuser at a forward end to an aft end relative to an engine axis. The gas turbine engine combustor section includes a combustor liner defining a combustion chamber and a combustor dome situated at a forward end of the combustor liner and affixed thereto. The gas turbine engine combustor section further includes an electrostatic particula...