ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,363, issued on May 5, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Bifurcation air scoop for gas turbine engine" was invented by Murat Yazici (Glastonbury, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a fan received within a fan case, the fan delivers bypass air into a bypass duct between an inner radial portion of the fan case and an outer radial surface of an inner core housing. The fan also delivers air into the inner core housing. A compressor section, a combustor and a turbine are within the inner core housing. A bifurcation extends radially to connect the inner core housing to the fan case. The bifurcatio...