ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,242, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Blade outer air seal with compliant seal" was invented by Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkport, Maine), Daniel S. Rogers (Lyman, Maine), Timothy J. Harding (Wethersfield, Conn.), James E. Weisheit (Kennebunk, Maine), Morely S. Sherman (Biddeford, Maine), Mikayla M. Rogers (Portland, Maine), Marshall F. Thayer (Waterboro, Maine) and Joseph Micucci (Scarborough, Maine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a turbine section that has a ceramic matrix composite body that defines a core gaspath side that a row of blades, a forward end, an aft end, and...