ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,999, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Viscous damper apparatus and associated methods to control a response to a resonant vibration frequency" was invented by Ryan T. Roehm (Evendale, Ohio), Brandon W. Miller (Evendale, Ohio), Robert Eugene Dyson (West Chester, Ohio), Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.), Donald S. Yeager (West Chester, Ohio) and John C. Schilling (Evendale, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Viscous damper apparatus and associated methods to control a response to a resonant vibration frequency are disclosed. An apparatus to support an aircraft engine includes a thrust link in...