ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,376, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Blade tip clearance probe/lead cooling jacket" was invented by Eli Warren (Wethersfield, Conn.), Bryan James Hackett (Berlin, Conn.), Patrick M. Harrington (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Hunter Tomick (Lebanon, Conn.), Edward F. Dreger (Burlington, Conn.) and Charles W. Haldeman (Simsbury, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lead cooling assembly includes a cooling jacket including a tubular section having an exterior portion and an interior portion, where the interior portion is proportioned to surround a probe lead and provide space for a flow of a gaseous cool...