US Patent Issued to General Electric on May 6 for "Inleakage management apparatus" (Ohio, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,003, issued on May 6, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evandale, Ohio).

"Inleakage management apparatus" was invented by Craig Alan Gonyou (Blanchester, Ohio), Nathan Joel Mullenix (West Chester, Ohio) and Fei Huang (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leakage management assembly for an orifice configured to limit a flow of at least one of a leakage fluid and a cooling fluid past an instrument positioned within the orifice are provided. The leakage management assembly includes a labyrinth ferrule including an annular ferrule body having a central bore extending therethrough. The labyrinth ferrule further includes an an...