US Patent Issued to RTX on June 17 for "Air seal for a turbine engine" (Florida, California, Connecticut, Puerto Rico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,646, issued on June 17, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Air seal for a turbine engine" was invented by Sebastian Ruiz Espinel (Miami), Ryan P. Humelsine (Hartford, Conn.), Richard N. Allen (West Hartford, Conn.), Kar D. Chin (Simsbury, Conn.), Jason D. Himes (Tolland, Conn.), Victor A. Lammoglia Hoyos (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico), Argenis Roberto Cruz Mercado (RedLands, Calif.), Carlos Rendon Roman (San Antonio, Puerto Rico), Rachel Irujo (Enfield, Conn.), Wilfred J. De Jesus Vargas (Aguada, Puerto Rico), Bryan D. Roseberry (Rocky Hill, Conn.), James J. Gander (Rocky Hill, Conn.) and Amy M. Sunnarborg (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U...