US Patent Issued to General Electric on June 17 for "Turbine engine with composite airfoils" (Massachusetts, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,661, issued on June 17, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Turbine engine with composite airfoils" was invented by Nicholas Joseph Kray (Mason, Ohio) and Arthur William Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine with an engine core defining an engine centerline and comprising a rotor and a stator. The turbine engine including a set of composite airfoils circumferentially arranged about the engine centerline and defining at least a portion of the rotor. An airfoil in the set of composite airfoils including a composite portion extending chordwise between a composite leading edge and a t...