US Patent Issued to RTX on Dec. 23 for "Gas turbine engine with high speed low pressure turbine section and bearing support features" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,981, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Gas turbine engine with high speed low pressure turbine section and bearing support features" was invented by Frederick M. Schwarz (Glastonbury, Conn.), Daniel Bernard Kupratis (Wallingford, Conn.), Brian D. Merry (Andover, Conn.), Gabriel L. Suciu (Glastonbury, Conn.) and William K. Ackermann (East Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section including a first compressor, a turbine section including a first turbine and a second turbine, a first shaft and a second shaft, the first shaft interconnecting the firs...