ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,647, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to MTU Aero Engines AG (Munich).
"Rotating blade for a turbomachine" was invented by Manfred Dopfer (Unterschleissheim, Germany), Salome Gassmann (Munich) and Johannes Linhard (Andechs, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a rotating blade for a turbomachine, having a blade element and a shroud, wherein the shroud is profiled at a peripheral side, i.e., when observed in a tangential section, has a contact flank that is oriented axially, at least proportionally, and has a free flank that is also oriented axially, at least proportionally, and is in fact opposite th...