US Patent Issued to RTX on Sept. 30 for "Load bearing feature for ceramic matrix composite turbine components" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,965, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Load bearing feature for ceramic matrix composite turbine components" was invented by Rutva A. Patel (Middletown, Conn.) and James T. Roach (Vernon, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine component includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface and the inner surface are formed of ceramic matrix composite layers, and mount member. The mount member is in contact with an insert that is inserted within outer layers of the outer platform to form a thickened portion having an end surface that will react against forces from the mo...