US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Sept. 23 for "Flow control device for axial flow turbomachines in series" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,858, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Flow control device for axial flow turbomachines in series" was invented by Michael E. Slipper (Ridley Park, Pa.), Tristan M. Wolfe (Philadelphia) and Kyle J. Verrinder (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow control device for constraining fluid flow between axial flow turbomachines in series has a flow constrainer which constrains the fluid flow downstream of the first turbomachine in the series to the blades region of the second turbomachine, preventing fluid flow from impacting th...