US Patent Issued to RTX on Sept. 15 for "Variable vane lever arm" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,992, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Variable vane lever arm" was invented by Samuel B. Hoyt (Farmington, Conn.) and Fadi Samir Maalouf (East Hampton, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vane arm has: a first end and a second end. A shank extends between the first end and the second end and has a first face and a second face. A first hole is in the shank proximate the first end and a second hole is in the shank proximate the second end. A tab projects distally from the shank proximate the second end and has: a bend; and a distal portion distally of the bend and projecting back toward the first ...