US Patent Issued to RTX on May 12 for "Open rotor propulsion system with exhaust mixer(s)" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,785, issued on May 12, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Open rotor propulsion system with exhaust mixer(s)" was invented by Jon E. Sobanski (Glastonbury, Conn.), Jeffrey T. Morton (Manchester, Conn.) and Andrew E. Breault (Bolton, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion system includes a propulsion section and a turbine engine. The propulsion section includes an open propulsor rotor and an open guide vane structure disposed next to the open propulsor rotor. The turbine engine is configured to drive rotation of the open propulsor rotor. The turbine engine includes an engine core, an inlet section, an ...