US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce on July 29 for "Flow block sealing methods" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,614, issued on July 29, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).

"Flow block sealing methods" was invented by Rusty M. Garner (Indianapolis) and Damon Ward (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulsed electrochemical machining (pECM) system including a tool body defining a tool axis and a proximal end and a distal end. The tool body includes one or more electrodes, each of the one or more electrodes defining a working surface at the distal end of the tool axis configured to face a workpiece. Electrolyte at least partially fills an interelectrode gap defined by the working surface at the distal end of the tool axis a...