ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,816, issued on July 15, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"CMC stepped combustor liner" was invented by San Quach (Southington, Conn.) and Thomas N. Slavens (Norman, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one exemplary embodiment, a combustor liner includes a first portion extending in a substantially axial direction and a second portion that extending in the substantially axial direction. A step connects the first portion and the second portion. The step is arranged at an angle to the second portion that is less than 90deg. The step has a step height defined as a distance between the first portion and the second portio...