ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,588, issued on April 22, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Split case having castable pocket" was invented by Michael Davis Austin (Meriden, Conn.) and Mason Adam Kessler (Rocky Hill, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor casing is provided. The compressor casing includes an outer wall, a rail extending inwardly from the outer wall and comprising scallop features encompassing pathways and an inner wall connected with an inboard end of the rail. The inner wall includes a first platform surface at a first side of the rail and including first fillets interfacing with first sides of the scallop features and a sec...