ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,571, issued on July 15, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Method for manufacturing a composite bladed disk or rotor" was invented by Robert C. Backhouse (Wells, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes forming a moulded component that is axisymmetric about a component axis; segmenting the moulded component into a plurality of segments, each pair of adjacent segments including a pair of surfaces that is formed during segmentation of the moulded component; providing, via computerised numerical control machining, complementary finger joint profiles on the pair of surfaces of the each pair of adjacent segme...