US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Oct. 14 for "Shroud system with two-stage spring and retainer system for gas turbine engine shroud" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,316, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Shroud system with two-stage spring and retainer system for gas turbine engine shroud" was invented by Jason Smoke (Phoenix), Timothy Darling (Phoenix), Jeffrey Aitchison (Phoenix), William Weiss (Phoenix), Courtney Murphy (Phoenix) and Harry Kington (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shroud system for a gas turbine engine. The shroud system includes a support structure defining two stages. One shroud is disposed at one stage and another shroud is disposed at the other stage. A retention and positioning assembly is disposed on the support ...