US Patent Issued to RTX on June 23 for "Apparatus and method for mitigating airflow separation around engine combustor" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,962, issued on June 23, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Apparatus and method for mitigating airflow separation around engine combustor" was invented by Dennis M. Moura (South Windsor, Conn.) and Carey Clum (Colchester, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a gas turbine engine component assembly is provided. The gas turbine engine component assembly comprising: a first component having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first component including a cooling hole extending from the second surface to the first surface through the first component, wherein the se...