US Patent Issued to RTX on Sept. 29 for "Clearance control system for blade outer air seal" (Florida, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,673, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Clearance control system for blade outer air seal" was invented by Griffin D. Lavine (South Glastonbury, Conn.) and Davis Hovey (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This assembly includes a carrier, a control ring and a blade outer air seal mounted to the carrier. The carrier extends circumferentially around an axis. The carrier includes a cavity, a first section and a second section. The cavity is formed within the carrier by the first section and the second section. The first section is attached to the se...