US Patent Issued to Honeywell Aerospace US on Sept. 29 for "Gas turbine engines having self-cooling seals and methods of operating the same" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,672, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Honeywell Aerospace US LLC (Phoenix).

"Gas turbine engines having self-cooling seals and methods of operating the same" was invented by William Weiss (Phoenix), Timothy Darling (Phoenix), Harry Kington (Phoenix) and Jason Smoke (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine having self-cooling seals and methods thereof are provided. The engines include a first component exposed to a high temperature environment, a second component that is not exposed the high temperature environment, and a seal between and in contact with the first and second components to separate a cavity ther...