ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,774, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Cooling nozzle vanes of a turbine engine" was invented by Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.), Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkport, Maine) and Jose R. Paulino (Jupiter, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This assembly includes an engine structure, and the engine structure includes a plenum, a reverse flow combustor, a nozzle structure and a cooling circuit. The reverse flow combustor is disposed in the plenum and includes a combustion chamber. The nozzle structure is arranged at an outlet from the combustion chamber. The ...