US Patent Issued to RTX on June 30 for "Gas turbine engine with entrained particle separation system and method" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,087, issued on June 30, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Gas turbine engine with entrained particle separation system and method" was invented by William K. Ackermann (East Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine is provided that includes fan, compressor, combustion, and turbine sections, and an entrained debris removal system. The compressor section includes a compressor inlet disposed downstream of the fan section. A core gas path begins at the compressor inlet and extends through the compressor section. The bypass air path is disposed downstream of the fan section. The structural member e...