US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on June 3 for "Gas turbine engine having a hydraulic fan brake" (Ohio, Washington, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,261, issued on June 3, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Gas turbine engine having a hydraulic fan brake" was invented by Jeffrey D. Rambo (Mason, Ohio), Brandon W. Miller (Middletown, Ohio), Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.), Scott D. Hunter (Seattle) and Ryan T. Roehm (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis. The turbine engine including a fan comprising a plurality of fan blades that rotate about the longitudinal centerline axis and a rotational component coupled to the fan. The turbine engine including a fluid circuit for supplying fuel or ...