US Patent Issued to RTX on Aug. 26 for "Gas turbine engine support structure with internal lattice" (Florida, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,662, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Gas turbine engine support structure with internal lattice" was invented by Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Sean R. Jackson (Palm City, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method is provided during which a body is additively manufactured. The body includes an engine case for a gas turbine engine, a support structure and an aperture. The support structure projects out from the engine case. The support structure includes a lattice, a wall and an internal volume. The wall surrounds the lattice. The internal volume is within the support str...