ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,188, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Gas turbine engine with third stream" was invented by Brandon Wayne Miller (Liberty Township, Ohio), Randy M. Vondrell (Cincinnati), David Marion Ostdiek (Liberty Township, Ohio), Craig William Higgins (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Alexander Kimberley Simpson (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine defining an engine inlet to an inlet duct, a fan duct inlet to a fan duct, and a core inlet to a core duct; a primary fan driven by the turbomachine; and a secondary fan located ...