ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,213, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Wavy annular dilution slots for lower emissions" was invented by Saket Singh (Bengaluru, India), Pradeep Naik (Bengaluru, India), Rimple Rangrej (Bengaluru, India), Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan (Bengaluru, India), Krishnendu Chakraborty (Bengaluru, India) and Shai Birmaher (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor liner for a combustor of a gas turbine includes an outer liner having a plurality of outer liner segments, and an inner liner having a plurality of inner liner segments. Each segment of the inner liner and the outer liner inc...