US Patent Issued to RTX on April 22 for "Phonic wheel for turbine engine" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,584, issued on April 22, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Phonic wheel for turbine engine" was invented by Allison L. Bouldin (Tolland, Conn.) and Joseph B. Phelps (Rocky Hill, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a rotating assembly configured to rotate about an axis. The rotating assembly includes an engine component and a phonic wheel. The engine component includes a first material and a plurality of apertures arranged circumferentially about the axis. The phonic wheel includes a second material and a plurality of teeth arranged circu...