ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,978, issued on June 16, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Helmholtz damper system for combustor of gas turbine system and related combustor and fuel nozzle assembly" was invented by Bridget Eilers (Greenville, S.C.), Benjamin Crawford Eisman (Greenville, S.C.), Tyler Walton Kasperski (Greer, S.C.), Michael Joseph Jordan (Anderson, S.C.) and Layal Hakim (Wurenlos, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Helmholtz damper system includes damper element(s) that include a tube positioned in a hollow mount in a cap assembly of a combustor. The hollow mount has an aft end in fluid communicati...