US Patent Issued to RTX on May 5 for "Aft air inlet particle separator for turbine engine" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,540, issued on May 5, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Aft air inlet particle separator for turbine engine" was invented by Neil J. Terwilliger (Cheshire, Conn.) and Joseph B. Staubach (Colchester, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a gas generating core engine, a propulsor that is driven by an exhaust gas flow that is generated by the core engine, and an inlet assembly where an inlet airflow is communicated to the core engine. The inlet assembly is disposed aft of the core engine and includes a turning duct that directs inlet air into the core engine, and a particle exhaust...