US Patent Issued to RTX on April 14 for "Inlet vane forward of aircraft propulsion system airflow inlet" (Arizona, Florida, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,454, issued on April 14, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Inlet vane forward of aircraft propulsion system airflow inlet" was invented by Daniel B. Kupratis (Wallingford, Conn.), Paul R. Hanrahan (Sedona, Ariz.) and Benjamin T. Mylrea (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft assembly includes an airframe structure, a propulsion system and a vane. The airframe structure includes a fuselage and at least two wings. The fuselage extends longitudinally along a longitudinal centerline from a forward end of the fuselage to an aft end of the fuselage. The wings exten...