ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,240, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Vane forward rail for gas turbine engine assembly" was invented by Daniel P. Preuss (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Dominic J. Mongillo Jr. (West Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vane assemblies for gas turbine engines are described. The vane assemblies include a platform having an interior platform surface, a forward rail, and an aft rail defining a plenum. An airfoil extends radially inward from the platform on a side opposite the forward and aft rails and includes a leading edge cavity that is open at the platform. A platform feed structure is arrange...