ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,241, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).
"Turbine shroud assemblies with strip seals" was invented by Ted J. Freeman (Indianapolis), Aaron D. Sippel (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 second shrou...