US Patent Issued to RTX on Feb. 3 for "Modulating fluid flow within a turbine engine using steam" (Alabama Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,573, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Modulating fluid flow within a turbine engine using steam" was invented by Gregory Boardman (Owens Cross Roads, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This assembly includes a combustor and an injection system. The combustor includes a combustion chamber. The injection system includes an injector. The injection system is configured to direct fluid and steam into the combustion chamber through the injector. The injection system is configured to modulate a flow of the fluid into the combustion chamber through the injector by...