ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,762, issued on April 7, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Gas turbine engine with bleed diffuser baffles" was invented by Marc J. Muldoon (Marlborough, Conn.), William K. Ackermann (East Hartford, Conn.) and Anthony R. Bifulco (Ellington, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section having a downstream most location and more upstream locations. A compressor housing surrounds the compressor rotors. A combustor is downstream of the compressor and a turbine section is downstream of the combustor. At least one bleed inlet passage bleeds air compressed from the compressor section, a...