US Patent Issued to General Electric on May 12 for "Rotary machine seal having a wear protection assembly with an abradable covering" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,643, issued on May 12, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Rotary machine seal having a wear protection assembly with an abradable covering" was invented by Narendra Anand Hardikar (Bengaluru, India) and Scott Alan Schimmels (Miamisburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal assembly for rotary machines having a wear protection assembly with an abradable covering. The wear protection assembly has one or more wear protection features that enable in-operation opening of the seal assembly by increasing a clearance between a seal rotor and a seal slider of the seal assembly. In particular, the wear protection asse...