ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,726, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Turbine engine centerbody generator" was invented by Adam David Vanover (Moodus, Conn.) and Nicholas J. Lawliss (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine has: a compressor; a combustor; a turbine; a generator in a centerbody and coupled to the turbine; a case; a plurality of struts mounting the centerbody to the case; and wiring passing through at least one of the struts to the generator. The centerbody has: a first member having a forward rim and at least one recess extending aft from an opening at the forward rim, the wiring passi...