US Patent Issued to RTX on Aug. 11 for "Swirler with recessed fuel filmer and air assist fuel nozzle" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,260, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Swirler with recessed fuel filmer and air assist fuel nozzle" was invented by Timothy S. Snyder (Glastonbury, Conn.), Baris A. Sen (South Glastonbury, Conn.), Dennis M. Moura (South Windsor, Conn.) and Scott A. Liljenberg (Wethersfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided which includes a swirler and a fuel nozzle. The swirler includes an outer wall, an inner wall, an outer passage and an inner passage. The outer wall circumscribes the inner wall and extends axially along an axis to a distal outer wall end. The inner wall extends axially ...