US Patent Issued to RTX on March 24 for "Gas turbine engine with entrained particle separation system" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,442, issued on March 24, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Gas turbine engine with entrained particle separation system" was invented by Justin R. Urban (Tolland, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine is provided that includes a fan section, a nose cone, a compressor inlet, a fan duct, and a particle separation system. The fan section has a plurality of fan blades disposed around a circumference of the fan section. The nose cone is disposed forward of the fan section. The compressor inlet is disposed aft of the fan section. The fan duct is disposed radially outside of the compressor inlet. The particle ...