ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,586, issued on April 22, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Vibrational damping assembly for use in an airfoil" was invented by Karol Filip Leszczynski (Henrykow Urocze, Poland) and Przemyslaw Michal Jakubczak (Warsaw, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vibrational damping assemblies, turbomachine airfoils, and exhaust diffusers are provided. A vibrational damping assembly includes at least one pin coupled to the turbomachine component. The at least one pin has a pin body and a disk coupled to the pin body. The vibrational damping assembly further includes at least one plate disposed between the d...