US Patent Issued to RTX on March 24 for "Open rotor gas turbine engine with adaptive turbine clearance control system and method" (Connecticut, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,419, issued on March 24, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Open rotor gas turbine engine with adaptive turbine clearance control system and method" was invented by Thomas E. Clark (Wells, Maine) and Murat Yazici (Glastonbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine disposed within a nacelle is provided that includes an open rotor propulsion system, compressor, combustion, and turbine sections, a lubrication system, and a turbine active clearance control system. The turbine active clearance control system includes first and second valves, a heat exchanger, and a nacelle air inlet device. The heat excha...