US Patent Issued to RTX on Oct. 7 for "Gas turbine engine vane outer diameter platform integrated with blade outer air seal" (Connecticut, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,640, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Gas turbine engine vane outer diameter platform integrated with blade outer air seal" was invented by James T. Roach (Vernon, Conn.), Jonas Banhos (West Hartford, Conn.) and Russell Kim (Temecula, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined gas turbine engine vane and blade outer air seal assembly includes a vane having an airfoil extending from the leading edge to a trailing edge, and has an outer platform. The outer platform has a cooling channel that extends into the airfoil to receive cooling air. The outer platform extends to an integral blade outer air s...