US Patent Issued to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology on Aug. 4 for "Rotor assembly having a closure group of rotor blades with fixturing and alignment features" (New York, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,712, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Rotor assembly having a closure group of rotor blades with fixturing and alignment features" was invented by Steven Sebastian Burdgick (Schenectady, N.Y.) and Timothy Scott McMurray (Fultonville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor assembly includes a rotor that defines an annular slot. A closure group of rotor blades includes a first auxiliary rotor blade having a first auxiliary mounting portion that includes a first fixturing tab. The first auxiliary mounting portion partially defines a first pin hole. The closure group furt...