ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,579, issued on July 15, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Contour weaves for interwoven vanes" was invented by Christian Campbell (West Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) vane includes a first platform, a second platform, at least one airfoil extending between and connected to the first platform and the second platform, and at least one integral transition region between the at least one airfoil and the first platform. The airfoil includes a shear tube layer positioned to abut the second platform. A first continuous single-folded fiber sheet forms the first platform, the at l...