US Patent Issued to RTX on March 18 for "Support structure for forming turbine engine rotating structure" (Florida, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,093, issued on March 18, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Support structure for forming turbine engine rotating structure" was invented by Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Jose R. Paulino (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing is provided. During this method, a body is formed using an additive manufacturing process. The body includes a shaft, a bladed rotor and a support structure. The shaft projects axially along an axis out from the bladed rotor. The support structure projects radially out from the shaft and axially to the bladed rotor. The support structure includes a plur...