ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,130, issued on April 21, was assigned to MTU Aero Engines AG (Munich).

"Module for a turbomachine" was invented by Christoph Lauer (Munich) and Markus Schlemmer (Mainburg / Sandelzhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a module for a turbomachine, with a guide vane arrangement, a seal carrier, which is arranged radially inside an inner platform of the guide vane arrangement, seal carrier walls, namely, a first seal carrier wall and a second seal carrier wall, and a sliding member as well as a connecting element, wherein the first seal carrier wall and the seal carrier are formed in a one-piec...