US Patent Issued to RTX on July 8 for "Reinforced film floatwall for a gas turbine engine" (Connecticut, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,441, issued on July 8, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Reinforced film floatwall for a gas turbine engine" was invented by Dibesh D. Joshi (South Windsor, Conn.), Gary J. Dillard (Gainesville, Fla.), Albert K. Cheung (East Hampton, Conn.) and Stephen K. Kramer (Cromwell, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a combustor for a gas turbine engine, including: a plurality of heat shield panels attached to at least one combustor liner, each one of the plurality of heat shield panels including a panel portion and a first forward rail and a second rearward rail each extending from an outer surface of the panel ...