US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on Dec. 9 for "Turbine engine including a vane support and a vane" (Ohio, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,640, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Turbine engine including a vane support and a vane" was invented by Nicholas J. Kray (Mason, Ohio), Aaron M. Gilbert (West Newbury, Mass.), Heidi J. Stegemiller (Franklin, Ohio), Steven R. Manwaring (Lebanon, Ohio) and Kohki Nishida (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine for an aircraft. The turbine engine includes a vane support and a vane. The vane support has a vane-facing surface. A first hook and a second hook extend from the vane-facing surface and define a channel therebetween. The vane includes an airfoil and an outer band c...