ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,752, issued on May 13, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Vane forward rail for gas turbine engine assembly" was invented by Daniel P. Preuss (Glastonbury, Conn.), Dominic J. Mongillo Jr. (West Hartford, Conn.), Kristopher K. Anderson (Manchester, Conn.) and Nicholas J. Madonna (Wallingford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vane assemblies for gas turbine engines are described. The vane assemblies include a platform having an interior platform surface, a forward rail, and an aft rail, wherein the interior platform surface, the forward rail, and the aft rail define a plenum, an airfoil extending radially inward from t...