ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,968, issued on May 27, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Fitting for an instrument lead with a connector for a gas turbine engine" was invented by Eli Warren (Wethersfield, Conn.) and Erik D. Rice (Lebanon, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packing sub-assembly for a fitting assembly for an instrumentation lead, including: a first component; a second component; and a third component, the first component, the second component and the third component each being configured to interlock with each other to define an opening that passes through the packing sub-assembly, and each defining a portion of the opening and havi...