US Patent Issued to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie-S.R.L. on Feb. 24 for "Fuel nozzle for a gas turbine, combustor including the fuel nozzle, and gas turbine" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,328, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie-S.R.L. (Florence, Italy).

"Fuel nozzle for a gas turbine, combustor including the fuel nozzle, and gas turbine" was invented by Matteo Baldi (Florence, Italy), Martina Malarco (Florence, Italy), Egidio Pucci (Florence, Italy) and Leonardo Fratini (Sondrio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel nozzle comprising a stem and a first fuel feed channel extending inside the stem from an inlet end positioned at a proximal end of the stem to a first fuel inlet plenum. The fuel nozzle further comprises a first set of fuel injectors fluidly coupled to the first fuel inlet p...