US Patent Issued to RTX on March 17 for "Gas turbine engine with compartment anti-icing system" (Maine, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,910, issued on March 17, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Gas turbine engine with compartment anti-icing system" was invented by Murat Yazici (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Thomas E. Clark (Wells, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine is provided that includes a fan section, a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section, an annular fan bypass air path, a bleed air structure, an annular compartment, and an anti-icing system. The compressor section has a low and high pressure compressor sections. The fan bypass air path is defined by inner and outer bypass wall structures. An outer radial b...