US Patent Issued to General Electric on Dec. 30 for "Fuel oxygen reduction unit for prescribed operating conditions" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,021, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Fuel oxygen reduction unit for prescribed operating conditions" was invented by Ethan Patrick O'Connor (Hamilton, Ohio), Brandon Wayne Miller (Liberty Township, Ohio), Daniel Alan Niergarth (Norwood, Ohio) and Alfred Albert Mancini (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel oxygen reduction unit for an engine is provided. The fuel oxygen reduction unit includes an inlet fuel line; a stripping gas source; a contactor selectively in fluid communication with the stripping gas source, the inlet fuel line, or both to form a fuel/gas mixture; and a separ...