US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on June 17 for "Propulsion system using ramjet bleed air for gas turbine combustion" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,703, issued on June 17, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Propulsion system using ramjet bleed air for gas turbine combustion" was invented by Jeffrey D. Rambo (Mason, Ohio) and Scott G. Edens (Milford, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion system includes a turbine engine and a ramjet engine. A turbine engine inlet section restriction device permits an inlet airflow to a turbine engine inlet in a first (low speed) operating state of the propulsion system, and restricts the inlet airflow to the turbine engine inlet in a second (high speed) operating state of the propulsion system. A combustor inle...