ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,376, issued on May 5, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Bleeding core air from a turbine engine core flowpath" was invented by Matthew R. Feulner (East Hampton, Conn.) and Daniel B. Kupratis (Wallingford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bleed system for a turbine engine includes a bleed port, an inlet passage, an outlet passage, a cavity and a flow diverter. The bleed port is disposed longitudinally along a core flowpath between an inlet into the core flowpath and an exhaust from the core flowpath. The bleed port fluidly couples the core flowpath to the inlet passage. The flow diverter is configured to move between...