Patent 7350357 was granted and assigned to United Technologies on April, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The fuel injector has a first means defining a number of flowpaths each having an inlet for receiving air and an outlet for discharging a fuel/air mixture. One or more arrays of vanes are each positioned to impart swirl to an associated one or more of the flowpaths. Second means are provided for introducing the fuel to the air.