ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,041, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"System and method for cleaning a gas turbine engine and related wash stand" was invented by Lloyd Eric Rawson (Mason, Ohio) and Thomas Tracy Wallace (Loveland, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for cleaning a gas turbine engine may generally include a wash stand having a base frame and a plurality of fluid injection nozzles configured to be supported by the base frame relative to the gas turbine engine. The nozzles may be configured to inject a cleaning fluid through an inlet of the fan casing of the engine as the fan blades are being rotated i...