ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,570, issued on July 15, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Composite airfoil assembly for a turbine engine" was invented by Nitesh Jain (Bangalore, India), Nicholas Joseph Kray (Mason, Ohio) and Abhijeet Jayshingrao Yadav (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite airfoil assembly for a turbine engine. The composite airfoil assembly includes a woven core having a core exterior. The woven core includes a first region, a second region, and a transition region. A skin is applied to at least a portion of the woven core at the core exterior."
The patent was filed on Oct. 27, 2023, under Application ...