ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,313, issued on June 3, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Vectoring exhaust nozzle for an aircraft powerplant" was invented by Michael Murphy (Windsor, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft assembly include an airframe with a horizontal axis. The aircraft assembly also includes a powerplant arranged with the airframe. The powerplant includes a gas turbine engine, an exhaust nozzle and a flowpath fluidly coupling the gas turbine engine to the exhaust nozzle. The exhaust nozzle includes a support structure and a plurality of nozzle flaps disposed on opposing sides of the...