US Patent Issued to General Electric on July 29 for "Turbine engine with sound-based active control" (Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,033, issued on July 29, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.).

"Turbine engine with sound-based active control" was invented by Syed J. Khalid (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), David Marion Ostdiek (Liberty Township, Ohio), Matthew J. Drodofsky (Lake Forest Park, Wash.), Trevor Goerig (Mt. Healthy, Ohio) and Stefan Joseph Cafaro (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine with sound-based active controls is provided. The engine includes a sound sensor coupled to the engine system configured to capture sound from the engine system, one or more thrust effector devices, and an engine controller. The engine c...