ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,904, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Gas turbine engine" was invented by Syed Khalid (Mason, Ohio), David Marion Ostdiek (Liberty Township, Ohio), Jeffrey S. Spruill (Hillsboro, Ohio), Daniel Lawrence Tweedt (West Chester, Ohio), William Joseph Solomon (Montgomery, Ohio), Brandon Wayne Miller (Liberty Township, Ohio), Randy M. Vondrell (Newport, Ky.) and Kevin Edward Hinderliter (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine is provided, comprising: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order; and a fan section...