ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,371, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Adhesive bond for fan blades" was invented by Xiaomei Fang (South Glastonbury, Conn.), John Harner (Florence, Mass.), David J. Mathiau Jr. (East Hartford, Conn.), William R. Graves (Amston, Conn.) and James O. Hansen (Hobe Sound, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a blade for a turbine comprising a blade cover; a blade body; and a layer of adhesive disposed between the blade cover and the blade body; where the layer of adhesive comprises a first adhesive region and a second adhesive region; where the first adhesive region comprises an adhesiv...