ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,797, issued on July 28, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Ceramic matrix composite seal repair" was invented by Raymond Surace (Newington, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a seal support that has first and second spaced-apart support flanges and a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) seal that is affixable to the seal support. The support flanges have at least one set of support flange pin holes. The CMC seal includes a radially inwardly-facing side and a radially outwardly-facing side. the radially outwardly-facing side has first and second spaced-apart seal flanges that include two independ...