ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,544, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MTU Aero Engines AG (Munich).
"Method for producing a plate of a turbomachine" was invented by Albin Platz (Ried-Baindlkirch, Germany), Martin Bussmann (Schwabhausen, Germany), Steffen Gerloff (Karlsfeld, Germany), Nicole Feiling (Munich), Anna Carina Kuepper (Munich), Norbert Huber (Uberacker, Germany) and Hermann Klingels (Dachau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a plate of a turbomachine having a plurality of receiving grooves, which are formed on the cylindrical peripheral surface of the plate in order to receive blade roots ...