US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce on Feb. 18 for "Turbine shroud system with ceramic matrix composite segments and dual inter-segment seals" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,044, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis) and Rolls-Royce plc.

"Turbine shroud system with ceramic matrix composite segments and dual inter-segment seals" was invented by David J. Thomas (Indianapolis), Ted J. Freeman (Indianapolis), Aaron D. Sippel (Indianapolis), Clark J. Snyder (Indianapolis) and Steven Hillier (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine shroud assembly includes a first shroud segment, a second shroud segment, and a plurality of seals. The first shroud segment includes a first carrier segment and a first blade track segment having a first shroud wall. The second shroud segment i...