US Patent Issued to RTX on May 12 for "Flexible flange design" (Florida, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,837, issued on May 12, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Flexible flange design" was invented by Pedro Rivero (Miami), William Blickenstaff III (Port Saint Lucie, Fla.), Peter Milligan (Gray, Maine) and Angela Reisch (South Portland, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An annular flexible flange is provided for connecting components of a gas turbine engine having different rates of thermal response to transient thermal events. The annular flexible flange is disposed about an axis and extends radially from an annular body. The annular flexible flange includes a plurality of fastener flanges spaced circumferentially about...