US Patent Issued to RTX on Sept. 15 for "Fan exit guide vane load carrying tension member with damper" (Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,994, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Fan exit guide vane load carrying tension member with damper" was invented by Ioannis Alvanos (West Springfield, Mass.) and Michael W. Trudnak (Mansfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan exit guide vane load member with a damper including a leading edge and a trailing edge opposite chordwise from the leading edge; a radially inner attachment region opposite spanwise from a radially outer attachment region; a span dimension extending between the radially inner attachment region and the radially outer attachment region; a chord dimension extending betw...