US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on July 28 for "Combustor dilution with vortex generating turbulators" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,017, issued on July 28, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Combustor dilution with vortex generating turbulators" was invented by Saket Singh (Bengaluru, India), Pradeep Naik (Bengaluru, India), Daniel J. Kirtley (Blue Ash, Ohio), Rimple Rangrej (Bengaluru, India) and Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor for a gas turbine engine. The combustor has a combustor liner that includes a vortex turbulence generator. The vortex turbulence generator has a flow passage extending therethrough, the flow passage being defined by a wall about a periphery of the flow p...