ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,473, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Rolls-Royce PLC (London).
"Combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine" was invented by Edward A. Walters (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor shell extending along a shell axis. The combustor shell includes a shell wall extending around the shell axis and a meter panel connected to an upstream end of the shell wall. The shell wall and the meter panel together define a combustion space therebetween. The combustor assembly further includes: a tile disposed within the combustor shell and including a tile flange por...