US Patent Issued to RTX on Oct. 27 for "Propulsor rotor arrangement for open rotor propulsion system" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,085, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Propulsor rotor arrangement for open rotor propulsion system" was invented by Michael G. McCaffrey (Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes an open propulsor rotor and an open guide vane structure. The open propulsor rotor is configured to rotate about an axis. The open propulsor rotor includes a plurality of open propulsor blades arranged circumferentially about the axis in a blade array. Each of the open propulsor blades projects spanwise into an environment external to the ...