ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,063, issued on June 30, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Fan blade leading edge sheath" was invented by Robert Andrew Love (Bloomfield, Conn.) and Jiayuan Shen (East Lyme, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheath is provided. The sheath includes a leading edge portion having pressure and suction sides for respective association with pressure and suction sides of an airfoil and first and second wings respectively extending from the pressure and suction sides of the leading edge portion. The first wing includes a first elongate portion and a first trailing edge disposed at an end of and thinned relative to the first...