ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,840, issued on March 3, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Axial compressor rotor assembly" was invented by Sohail Mohammed (Manchester, Conn.) and Scot Webb (Gales Ferry, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial compressor rotor assembly includes a plurality of rotor disks extending axially along and circumferentially about a central axis between an upstream end and a downstream end. The rotor disks extend radially between an inner radial hub and an outer radial rim, and axially between a forward rim end and a rearward rim end. An airfoil extends spanwise from each of the rotor disks. A first rotor disk is disposed...