ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,380, issued on May 5, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Variable area nozzle for an aircraft engine" was invented by Michael G. McCaffrey (Windsor, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable area nozzle for an aircraft engine includes a nozzle inner structure, a nozzle outer structure, an actuation system and a flowpath. The nozzle inner structure includes a nozzle wall and a nozzle sleeve. The nozzle wall includes a plurality of slots arranged circumferentially about the axis. Each of the slots projects radially through the nozzle wall. The nozzle sleeve axially overlaps and circumscribes the nozzle wall. The actuat...