US Patent Issued to RTX on Jan. 20 for "Partial shear tube y-weave trailing edge for a CMC vane and method therefor" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,320, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Partial shear tube y-weave trailing edge for a CMC vane and method therefor" was invented by John A. Dwyer (Colchester, Conn.), Brian Cronin (Manchester, Conn.) and Brittney L. Antous (Sandy Hook, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) vane or layup therefor includes first and second platforms, and an airfoil portion extending therebetween. The airfoil portion includes a first portion of a shear tube extending relatively orthogonal to the first and second platforms, wherein the first portion of the shear tube extends through the fir...