US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on Aug. 18 for "Metal plated additively manufactured plastic ACM seal plates with internal thermally adaptive structure" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,062, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Metal plated additively manufactured plastic ACM seal plates with internal thermally adaptive structure" was invented by Brent J. Merritt (Southwick, Mass.) and Viktor Kilchyk (Lancaster, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a seal plate for an ACM, having steps of: forming a base having a first section exposed to flow from an ACM first stage turbine inlet when installed; a second section secured to an ACM compressor shroud; a third section secured to a first stage nozzle and ACM shroud when installed; a fourth section that is adj...