ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,631, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Shroud hanger assembly" was invented by Jan Christopher Schilling (Liberty Township, Ohio), Andrew John Breslin (West Chester, Ohio) and Bryce Loring Heitman (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shroud hanger assembly is provided for hangers and shrouds defining dimensionally incompatible components such as those which are press or frictionally fit to engage one another. The shroud hanger assembly includes a multi-piece hanger and a shroud that is pinned to the hanger assembly by at least one axially extending pin and which locates the shroud rela...