ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,043, issued on July 15, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Integral core bumpers" was invented by Carl R Verner (Windsor, Conn.) and David A Krause (Tolland, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casting core assembly is disclosed herein. The casting core assembly comprises a casting core and a bumper assembly. The bumper assembly is disposed on an outer surface of the casting core. The bumper assembly comprises a receptacle and a metal apparatus. The metal apparatus may be a pin, a sphere, or the like."

The patent was filed on March 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/193,352.

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