ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,284, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Cyclonic separator for gas turbine engine" was invented by Sanjay Raju (Bengaluru, India), Ajay Kumar Verma (Bengaluru, India) and Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cyclonic separator for a gas turbine engine includes a housing, a fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet, a second fluid outlet, and a particle separator. The housing includes a first end, a second end, and an outer wall extending between the first end and the second end. The fluid inlet is disposed at the first end of the housing. The first fluid outlet is ...