US Patent Issued to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology on Feb. 24 for "Multi-stage axial fuel injection system with discrete air supplies" (South Carolina, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,327, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Multi-stage axial fuel injection system with discrete air supplies" was invented by Michael John Hughes (State College, Pa.), Jonathan Dwight Berry (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Homayoon Feiz (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a head end section containing a fuel nozzle assembly and a liner extending downstream from the head end section to an aft frame and defining a combustion chamber therein. First injectors, disposed at a first axial location, directs a first fuel/air mixture ...