ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,319, issued on April 14, was assigned to Collins Engine Nozzles Inc. (Des Moines, Iowa).
"Airblast fuel injectors" was invented by Jason A. Ryon (Carlisle, Iowa), Brandon P. Williams (Johnston, Iowa) and Andy W. Tibbs (Earlham, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airblast fuel injector assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed, which includes an annular air swirler and a fuel injector, wherein the annular air swirler includes a main body, an inner air cooler, an inner air swirler and a prefilmer, and wherein the fuel injector includes a feed tube, which has at least one fuel tip projecting through a respective reception hole...