US Patent Issued to RTX on Aug. 12 for "Fan blade or vane with improved bird impact capability" (Connecticut, Wisconsin, Indiana, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,399, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Fan blade or vane with improved bird impact capability" was invented by Byron R. Monzon (Muskego, Wis.), Bronwyn Power (New Haven, Conn.), Michael M. Joly (Hebron, Conn.), Jason H. Elliott (Huntington, Ind.), Xuetao Li (South Glastonbury, Conn.) and Christopher Beaudry Miller (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine is provided and includes a first fan blade including a suction surface, a second fan blade comprising a pressure surface and neighboring the first fan blade and a throat region interposed between the suction surface of the f...