US Patent Issued to General Electric on May 26 for "Floating seal assembly for a turbine engine" (New York, Colorado, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,955, issued on May 26, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Floating seal assembly for a turbine engine" was invented by Rahul Anil Bidkar (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Steven Douglas Johnson (Milford, Ohio), Uttara Vijay Kumar (Glenville, N.Y.), Randy Thomas Antelo (Silverthorne, Colo.) and Keith William Gary (Ballston Spa, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating seal assembly for a turbine engine. The floating seal assembly has a carriage assembly, a seal body, a seal face, a pressurization cavity, and an internal passage. The carriage assembly defines a seal seat with a seal cavity. The seal body floats within the...