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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2024
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Calvin Jay Winder, Cromwell, CT (US);
Fadi S. Maalouf, East Hampton, CT (US);
Matthew E. Bintz, West Hartford, CT (US);
Ryan Hamilton Quinn, Berlin, CT (US);
Justin Roger Delarm, Storrs Mansfield, CT (US);
Shane Tyler West, Southington, CT (US);
John P. Virtue, Jr., Middletown, CT (US);
David R. Lyders, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Anna Lauren Wright, Poulsbo, WA (US);
Kalpendu J. Parekh, Brookline, MA (US);
Pieter Van Lieu, Cheshire, CT (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A machine comprising a rotor having: an inner member; an outer member encircling the inner member; and a groove in one of the inner member and the outer member. The groove has a first side wall, a second side wall and a base. A split ring seal is accommodated in the groove and contacts a surface of the other of the inner member and the outer member The first side wall has a plurality of open radial first channels and the second side wall has a plurality of open radial second channels.