US Patent Issued to RTX on Nov. 18 for "Dovetail features on panel rails or impingement sheet to hold panels" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,052, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Dovetail features on panel rails or impingement sheet to hold panels" was invented by Raymond Surace (Newington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine combustor panel assembly includes a shell defining an outer periphery of a combustion chamber. The shell has an outer skin with a first plurality of holes and a combustor panel, which includes a first end including a second plurality of holes on an inner face, which extend through the inner face to an outer face and are configured to allow fluid flow from the first plurality of holes to the comb...