ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,574, issued on July 15, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Vane arc segment with single-sided platform" was invented by Christian X. Campbell (West Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) vane arc segments that are arranged in a circumferential row. Each of the CMC vane arc segments includes an airfoil section that defines first and second side walls, leading and trailing ends, and first and second radial ends. At the first radial end, the airfoil section has a single-sided platform that and the second side wall has a bearing surface. The single-sided ...