US Patent Issued to Mechanical Dynamics and Analysis on July 15 for "Turbine blade tip cooling hole supply plenum" (Texas, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,569, issued on July 15, was assigned to Mechanical Dynamics and Analysis LLC (Latham, N.Y.).

"Turbine blade tip cooling hole supply plenum" was invented by Leissner F. Poth III (San Antonio), Sanjay S. Hingorani (Johns Creek, Ga.) and Bensy Samuel (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine blade includes a root, tip, and airfoil. The turbine blade defines a serpentine interior passage having first through third legs, and first and second junctions. The first leg receives pressurized gas from a supply channel of the root. The first leg extends radially and the first junction connects it to the second leg proximate the t...