ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,714, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Airfoil thickness profile for minimizing tip leakage flow" was invented by Hien Duong (Brampton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine assembly includes at least one rotor that has a plurality of blades, each of the blades includes an airfoil that has a pressure side and a suction side that each extend between a leading edge, a trailing edge, a tip and a base. The airfoil has a thickness between the pressure side and the suction side perpendicular to a camber line that varies between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The...