US Patent Issued to RTX on Oct. 27 for "Diffuser-turbine flow network" (Florida, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,660, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Diffuser-turbine flow network" was invented by Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Jose R. Paulino (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor diffuser vane and turbine nozzle vane flow network including at least one suction point formed in a suction side of the compressor diffuser vane; a suction flow passage fluidly coupled to the at least one suction point; a main artery formed within an outer platform, the outer platform in operative communication with the compressor diffuser vane, the main artery formed within the turbine nozzle vane, t...