ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,100, issued on June 10, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Gas turbine engine component fillets formed of CMC plies" 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 static vane includes a radially outer platform, a radially inner platform, and an airfoil extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and having a suction side and a pressure side. The radially inner and outer platforms and the airfoil all are formed of ceramic matrix composite plies. There are an outer platform fillet and an inlet platform fillet merging the airfoil into the radially o...