US Patent Issued to RTX on Aug. 4 for "Casting core post and socket joint" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,657, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Casting core post and socket joint" was invented by Jordan T. Lowell (Crozet, Va.) and Anthony J. Del Boccio (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casting core assembly has: a first ceramic piece including a projecting post; a second ceramic piece including a socket encircling the post; and a ceramic filler material between the post and the socket. At least one of: in axial section at at least one location the post has a lateral protrusion of at least 15 micrometers relative to a location proximal thereof; and in axial section at at least one locat...