ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,661, issued on May 20, was assigned to Solar Turbines Inc. (San Diego).
"System and method of sealing compressor" was invented by Donghui Zhang (San Diego), Rainer Kurz (San Diego), James Underwood (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Jean-Luc Di Liberti (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a compressor. The compressor has a center body and an end cap coupled to the center body at a connection interface. The system also includes a sealing system. The sealing system includes an annular duct circumferentially extending along a connection interface between the center body and the end cap. The sealing system also includes a c...