ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,142, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Fuel injector assembly for a turbine engine" was invented by Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Timothy S. Snyder (Glastonbury, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine apparatus includes a monolithic body. The monolithic body includes a splash plate and a fuel nozzle. The splash plate includes a splash plate surface. The fuel nozzle includes a nozzle orifice. The fuel nozzle is configured to direct fuel out of the nozzle orifice to impinge against the splash plate surface."
The patent was ...