ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,909, issued on March 17, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Radial inlet compressor" was invented by James O Brien (Hamilton, Canada), Mark Cunningham (Montreal-Ouest, Canada) and Guorong Yan (Montreal-Ouest, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radial inlet body of a gas turbine engine compressor is provided. The radial inlet body includes plenums arranged around opposite sides of an inlet portion defining a compressor inlet. The plenums include outer surfaces with increasing radii of curvature and a flow diverter. The flow diverter is disposed aside the inlet portion opposite a duct. The plenums ...