ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,071, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Notched turbine vane baffle" was invented by Jaime G. Ghigliotty Rosado (Cabo Rojo, Ore.) and Russell J. Bergman (South Windsor, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a turbine engine includes an airfoil and a baffle. A cavity projects spanwise into the airfoil from an airfoil tip end towards an airfoil base end. The baffle is disposed in the cavity with an outer passage formed between the baffle and a wall of the airfoil. The baffle extends spanwise from a baffle base end disposed at the airfoil base end to a baffle tip end disposed at the airfoil...