ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,998, issued on July 15, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Apparatus and method for partially bladed rotor test" was invented by Nicholas J. Lawliss (West Hartford, Conn.) and Zhiqiang Wang (South Glastonbury, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A counter weight for use with a rotor module, including: a root portion; a main body portion that extends away from the root portion; a pair of side portions each extending from opposite sides of the main body portion; and at least one plate secured to one of the opposite sides of the main body portion in order to adjust a weight of the counter weight."
The patent was filed on ...