US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce on July 14 for "Axial locating features for blade track segments in turbine shroud assemblies" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,476, issued on July 14, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).

"Axial locating features for blade track segments in turbine shroud assemblies" was invented by Ted J. Freeman (Indianapolis), Aaron D. Sippel (Indianapolis), Clark Snyder (Indianapolis) and David J. Thomas (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine shroud assembly includes a carrier segment, a blade track segment, and a locating feature. The carrier segment includes an outer wall, a first flange that extends radially inward from the outer wall, and a second flange axially spaced apart from the first flange and extending radially inward from the out...