ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,385, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Outlet guide vane mount" was invented by Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.) and Nicholas Joseph Kray (Evendale, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Outlet guide vane mounts with an airfoil structure are disclosed herein. The airfoil structure includes an airfoil platform, a composite material, a load spreader block, and a shim material, the composite material and a load spreader block positioned on the airfoil platform, the composite material having a first stiffness and the load spreader block having a second stiffness, and a shim material positioned bet...