US Patent Issued to RTX on May 19 for "Assembly clip for gas engine components" (Illinois, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,120, issued on May 19, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Assembly clip for gas engine components" was invented by Christopher Peterson (Roanoke, Ill.), John A. Dwyer (Colchester, Conn.) and Robert A. White III (Meriden, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes assembly clips for use in attaching brush seals to static hardware components during the assembling of gas turbine engines. The clips are made of plastic which melts and vaporize during operation of the engine. The temporary clips provide an efficient means for attaching brush seals to subassemblies of gas turbine engines and which reduce or el...