US Patent Issued to RTX on June 23 for "Air system for aircraft powerplant" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,963, issued on June 23, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Air system for aircraft powerplant" was invented by Fadi S. Maalouf (East Hampton, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft powerplant assembly includes a compressor rotor, a compressor vane structure, a diffuser structure, a combustor and an air system. The compressor rotor includes a rotor stage and a rotor hub. The rotor hub includes a hub wall connected to a rotor base. An outer surface of the hub wall forms an inner peripheral boundary of a first section of an air passage. The compressor vane structure is radially outboard of the hub wall. The diffus...