US Patent Issued to RTX on April 21 for "Symmetrical two-piece hollow-vane assembly joined via brazing along airfoil centerline" (Connecticut, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,126, issued on April 21, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Symmetrical two-piece hollow-vane assembly joined via brazing along airfoil centerline" was invented by Matthew Michael Massaro (Wilmington, Del.), David E. Bitter (Chester, Conn.), Lucas O. McCaslin (Middletown, Conn.), William John Oldach (West Hartford, Conn.), William C. Sheridan (East Haddam, Conn.) and Bryan A. L. Hofferd (Middlefield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow vane assembly including an open body including an interior; at least one cover support structure formed in said open body proximate the interior; a cover brazed to the open body...