ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,293, issued on April 14, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Gas turbine engine inlet" was invented by Yuan J. Qiu (Glastonbury, Conn.), Robert M. Miller (Bloomfield, Conn.), Wesley K. Lord (South Glastonbury, Conn.) and Gavin Hendricks (Manchester, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a fan section including a fan. A fan nacelle surrounds the fan and includes an inlet with an inlet leading edge plane and a throat. A compressor section is arranged in a core nacelle and includes a first compressor and a second compressor. A turbine section is arranged in the core nacelle and includes a fan dr...