US Patent Issued to RTX on April 7 for "Inspection port for an attritable engine support structure" (Connecticut, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,907, issued on April 7, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Inspection port for an attritable engine support structure" was invented by Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.), Evan J. Butcher (Suffield, Conn.) and Sean R. Jackson (Palm City, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes an engine casing and a combustor liner enclosed within the engine casing. The engine includes a flow path for cooling the combustor liner with an air stream and located in between the engine casing and the combustor liner. The engine includes an inspection port penetrating the engine casing, the flow path, and the combu...