ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,629, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Turbine engine including transfer gearbox and accessory gearbox" was invented by John Carl Glessner (Kings Mills, Ohio), John Robert Holland (West Chester, Ohio), Efren Souza Chavez (Queretaro, Mexico) and Ethan Patrick O'Connor (Hamilton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine having an engine core that includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section. An inner cowl circumscribes the engine core and an outer cowl radially spaced from the inner cowl, circumscribes at least a portion of the inner cowl. A transfer gearb...