ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,157, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Ceramic vane ring-strut-ring attachment configuration" was invented by Robert A. White III (Meriden, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a turbine section that has inner and outer diameter full hoop ceramic support rings that define an annulus there between and ceramic vane arc segments disposed in the annulus. Each segment has radially outer and inner platforms and an airfoil section. The radially outer platform includes an outer platform flange. The radially outer full hoop ceramic support ring axially constrains each of the ceram...