ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,275, issued on April 14, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"CMC component with cooling cavity" was invented by Winston Smiddy (South Windsor, Conn.), Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkport, Maine), Alex J. Schneider (Manchester, Conn.) and Peter Wilkins (Manchester, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes methods and devices for retaining and sealing cover plates or impingement plates for CMC components. One or more spring members are used to retain the cover plate or impingement plate in position to cover/seal cooling cavities within the interior of CMC components. The spring members include a contact regi...