ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,268, issued on April 14, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"CMC vane with detuned platform" was invented by Cheng Gao (South Glastonbury, Conn.), David J. Wasserman (Hamden, Conn.) and Thomas S. Heylmun (Palm City, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for a design geometry of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) vane arc segment that has a platform and an airfoil section that extends off of the platform. The platform defines an axially trailing face, an axially leading face that is circumferentially offset from the axially trailing face, and first and second circumferential faces. In the method, a modal...