ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,003, issued on June 24, was assigned to GE Marmara Technology Center Muhendislik Hizmetleri Ltd (Gebze, Turkey) and GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, N.Y.).

"Gas turbine engine and fuel nozzle therefor" was invented by Volkan Ataman (Istanbul), Fatih Yasar (Istanbul), Emrah Deniz (Istanbul) and Michael T. Bucaro (Arvada, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine comprising a combustion section enshrouded by a casing having at least one through passage, the combustion section comprising a dome wall and a liner at least partially defining a combustion chamber; a fuel nozzle connected to the dome wall and having a n...