ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,003, issued on March 18, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Integral stator vane weld shield" was invented by Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Jesse R. Boyer (Middletown, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator vane for a gas turbine engine combustor has a vane segment that includes a vane having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side, a pressure side, a vane inner base, and a vane outer base, an inner shroud segment attached to the vane at the vane inner base, and an outer shroud segment attached to the vane at the vane outer base. The stator vane further includes a support structure attached t...