US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on July 15 for "Single-piece annular vane array for a gas turbine engine" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,578, issued on July 15, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Single-piece annular vane array for a gas turbine engine" was invented by Jonathon Bailey (Derby, Great Britain) and Basile Vigneron (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-piece annular vane array for a gas turbine engine. The single-piece annular vane array comprises at least one mounting feature, a ring of stator vanes, and at least one baffle. The at least one baffle is attached at a first radial location to the ring of stator vanes, and is attached at a second radial location to the at least one mounting feature. The at least one baffle is d...