ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,547, issued on March 31, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Split case with coatable transistion feature" was invented by Michael Davis Austin (Meriden, Conn.) and Mason Adam Kessler (Rocky Hill, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A split case is provided. The split case includes a first section including an interior surface with a first linear portion, a second section including a hook, a third section interposed between the first and second sections and including an interior surface with a second linear portion intersecting and forming a first angle with the first linear portion and first and second thermal barrier ...