ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,043, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Carbon seal covers" was invented by Mitchell J. Fischbach (Pine Mountain Valley, Ga.), Jacob Barnes (Columbus, Ga.) and Timothy A. Watford (Waverly Hall, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression tool for a seal assembly of a gas turbine engine includes a cover configured to be installed to a seal assembly. The seal assembly includes a seal carrier, a seal element installed to the seal carrier, the seal element configured as a ring, and one or more biasing elements configured to axially bias a position of the seal element. The cover includes a cover body, ...