ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,009, issued on March 18, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Instrumented stator with extended internal passages" was invented by Bryce T. DeAlessio (Plainville, Conn.) and Joon Won Ha (Glastonbury, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator cluster is provided and includes inner and outer stator walls, stator vanes radially interposed between the inner and outer stator walls and a stanchion body connected to and extending radially outwardly from the outer stator wall. At least the stator vanes, the outer stator wall and the stanchion body are formed to define internal paths."
The patent was filed on Sept. 15, 2023, ...