US Patent Issued to MTU Aero Engines on March 24 for "Sealing arrangement for a turbomachine, seal carrier element for the sealing arrangement, guide blade element, and turbomachine" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,417, issued on March 24, was assigned to MTU Aero Engines AG (Munich).

"Sealing arrangement for a turbomachine, seal carrier element for the sealing arrangement, guide blade element, and turbomachine" was invented by Oskar Ostermeir (Kottgeisering, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing arrangement for a turbomachine, including a seal carrier element, an integral annular body element, and at least three protrusions. Guide blade element includes an opening that points radially inwardly for accommodating a protrusion of seal carrier element for spoke centering, and a radially inwardly extending sealing web. In the operating ...