US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce on May 26 for "Removable pin retention plugs for turbine shroud assemblies" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,964, issued on May 26, was assigned to Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).

"Removable pin retention plugs for turbine shroud assemblies" was invented by David J. Thomas (Indianapolis), Clark Snyder (Indianapolis), Ted J. Freeman (Indianapolis) and Aaron D. Sippel (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 mount assembly. 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 outer wall. The blade tra...