US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on July 8 for "Aircraft gas turbine engine including a steam system" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,207, issued on July 8, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Aircraft gas turbine engine including a steam system" was invented by Jeffrey D. Rambo (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine for an aircraft including a combustor, a turbine, and a steam system. The combustor generates combustion gases. The turbine receives the combustion gases and is drivingly coupled to a shaft. The steam system includes a boiler, a superheater, and a steam turbine. The boiler receives water and is fluidly connected to the combustor to receive a first portion of the combustion gases from the combustor and to boi...