ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,139, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio) and General Electric Co. Polska sp. z o.o. (Warsaw, Poland).
"Open rotor pylon fairing" was invented by William Joseph Bowden (Cleves, Ohio), Lukasz Ignacy Mazurkiewicz (Warsaw, Poland), Syed Arif Khalid (West Chester, Ohio) and Trevor Howard Wood (Clifton Park, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft defining a longitudinal centerline and extending between a forward end and an aft end is provided. The aircraft comprises a fuselage extending between the forward end of the aircraft and the aft end of the aircraft; a wing assembly extending laterally ...