ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,091, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).

"Gas turbine stator blade and gas turbine" was invented by Yasuo Miyahisa (Tokyo), Saki Matsuo (Tokyo) and Satoshi Mizukami (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine stator blade includes a leading edge portion partition wall divides an in-blade cavity into a leading edge-side cavity and a trailing edge-side cavity, a negative pressure surface-side partition wall formed integrally with the blade body, divides the leading edge-side cavity into a negative pressure surface-side cavity and a pressure surface-side cavity, and is formed with a negat...