US Patent Issued to General Electric on May 13 for "Turbine engine with a blade having woven core and toughened region" (Ohio, Massachusetts, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,749, issued on May 13, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Turbine engine with a blade having woven core and toughened region" was invented by Arthur William Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.), Nicholas Joseph Kray (Mason, Ohio) and Gregory Carl Gemeinhardt (Park Hills, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine comprising a compressor section, combustor section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, and defining an engine longitudinal axis. The turbine engine includes an airfoil with an outer wall having a pressure side and a suction side, extending between a root and a tip in a span-wise direction, and ...