ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,340, issued on April 8, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Gas turbine engine and fuel cell assembly" was invented by Honggang Wang (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Brandon Wayne Miller (Liberty Township, Ohio), Michael Anthony Benjamin (Cincinnati), Richard L. Hart (Broadalbin, N.Y.), Randy M. Vondrell (Cincinnati) and Ryan St. Pierre (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the turbomachine further including an outer casing and, during ope...