US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Feb. 10 for "Disk engine with circumferential swirl radial combustor" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,249, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Disk engine with circumferential swirl radial combustor" was invented by Brian Bohan (Dayton, Ohio), Marc Polanka (Huber Heights, Ohio) and Bennett Staton (Beavercreek, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disk engine and system configured to provide high power at a reduced axial length is disclosed herein. The disk engine includes a radial compressor, a compressor discharge manifold positioned circumferentially about compressor, a combustion chamber positioned within the discharge manifold...