ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,552, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Sealing system for a turbomachine" was invented by Grant Robert Portune (Cincinnati) and Steven Douglas Johnson (Milford, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbomachine comprises a nozzle segment including an inner shroud defining a bottom surface and a nozzle flange defining a forward side surface and an aft side surface. A floating rotor seal is coupled to the nozzle flange via a carrier flange. The carrier flange includes a forward wall and an aft wall. The nozzle flange is positioned between the forward and aft walls and a flowpath is defined thereb...