ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,274, issued on April 14, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Oil shield for a rotating assembly" was invented by Samuel B. Hoyt (Farmington, Conn.) and Stephen H. Mattia (East Haddam, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising a rotating structure, a bearing compartment, and an oil shield. The rotating structure extends axially along an axis and includes a rotor and an engine shaft. The bearing compartment includes a bearing assembly and a seal element. The seal element is disposed axially between the bearing assembly and the rotor. The oil shield is arranged with the rotating st...