US Patent Issued to RTX on June 3 for "Blade outer air seal with large radius of curvature mount hooks" (Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,258, issued on June 3, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Blade outer air seal with large radius of curvature mount hooks" was invented by Daniel S. Rogers (Lyman, Maine) and Joseph Micucci (Scarborough, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blade outer air seal has seal mount hooks on both a leading edge of the central web and a trailing edge of the central web. The seal mount hooks have a generally radially outward extending section extending to a generally axially extending section. The seal mount hooks have a support face which is to be supported on a support mount hook. The support face is generally formed about a s...