US Patent Issued to RTX on July 1 for "Thermally compliant forward outer-diameter ring for a gas turbine engine" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,169, issued on July 1, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Thermally compliant forward outer-diameter ring for a gas turbine engine" was invented by Alex J. Simpson (Tolland, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forward outer diameter ring includes a flowpath ring extending circumferentially about a central axis and extending axially from a first end to a second end relative to the central axis. The second end of the flowpath ring is axially aft of the first end. A hoop stiffener is connected to the second end of the flowpath ring and extends circumferentially around the second end of the flowpath ring. The hoop stiffene...