US Patent Issued to RTX on Nov. 3 for "Airfoil with thick wishbone fiber structure" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,635, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Airfoil with thick wishbone fiber structure" was invented by Christian X. Campbell (West Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airfoil includes an airfoil wall that has a wishbone-shaped fiber layup structure. The structure includes two arms that merge into a single leg. The single leg includes fiber tows from each of the arms that are interwoven. The single leg forms at least a portion of the trailing edge of the airfoil wall. Each of the arms includes a first section that is distal from the single leg and a second section that is proximal to the singl...