ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,180, issued on July 1, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Stator plenum for a gas turbine engine" was invented by Travis J. Packer (Evendale, Ohio), Michael A. Hile (Evendale, Ohio) and James H. Grooms (Evendale, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to implement a stator plenum with collet seal. The stator plenum for a gas turbine engine includes an outer shell circumscribing a centerline axis, a first end of the outer shell coupled to an engine casing at a first coupling, the first coupling to form a first seal, a second end of the outer shell ...