US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce on March 25 for "Turbine shroud assemblies with inter-segment strip seal" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,880, issued on March 25, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).

"Turbine shroud assemblies with inter-segment strip seal" was invented by Aaron D. Sippel (Indianapolis), Ted J. Freeman (Indianapolis), David J. Thomas (Indianapolis) and Clark J. Snyder (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine shroud assembly comprising 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 that is formed to include a first recess that extends circumferentially into the first shroud wall. The...