US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies on March 4 for "Radial turbine assembly with ceramic matrix composite airfoils having dovetail retention" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,389, issued on March 4, was assigned to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Radial turbine assembly with ceramic matrix composite airfoils having dovetail retention" was invented by Matthew T. Kush (Indianapolis), Michael D. Wood (Indianapolis), Timothy P. Fuesting (Indianapolis) and Douglas D. Dierksmeier (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radial turbine rotor incorporating ceramic matrix composite turbine blades is disclosed. The radial turbine rotor can include a dovetail shape retention features for coupling the ceramic matrix composite turbine blades to a central hub."

The patent was filed ...