US Patent Issued to RTX on Sept. 23 for "Turbine engine tip clearance control system with thrust bearing" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,863, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Turbine engine tip clearance control system with thrust bearing" was invented by Andrew E. Breault (Bolton, Conn.) and Jeffrey T. Morton (Manchester, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided for an aircraft powerplant. This assembly includes a rotating assembly, a first structure, a second structure and a thrust bearing. The rotating assembly includes a first bladed rotor and a second bladed rotor. The first bladed rotor includes a plurality of first rotor blades. The second bladed rotor includes a plurality of second rotor blades. The first...