US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Feb. 18 for "Rotating detonation combustor" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,287, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Rotating detonation combustor" was invented by Michael Mcclearn (Dayton, Ohio), Riley Huff (Beavercreek, Ohio), John Hoke (Xenia, Ohio) and Matthew Fotia (Kettering, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating detonation combustor (RDC) and an associated system is disclosed herein. The RDC can be operably coupled with a vehicle to provide additional power capability over the primary motive power source. The RDC can be operated on demand to provide power to a turbine connected to an electr...