US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce on Sept. 23 for "Pin mounted ceramic matrix composite heat shields with impingement cooling" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,870, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).

"Pin mounted ceramic matrix composite heat shields with impingement cooling" was invented by Clark J. Snyder (Indianapolis), Aaron D. Sippel (Indianapolis), David J. Thomas (Indianapolis) and Ted J. Freeman (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly adapted for use in a gas turbine engine includes a blade track segment, a carrier segment, and a pin. The blade track segment defines a portion of a gas path of the gas turbine engine. The carrier segment supports the blade track segment to locate the blade track segment radially outward of the axis....