US Patent Issued to General Electric on Nov. 25 for "Composite tubular structure" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,460, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Composite tubular structure" was invented by Brady Michael Hildebrand (Niskayuna, N.Y.), James A. Tallman (Scotia, N.Y.) and Grant Henson (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thrust chamber assembly includes a monolithic preform defining a combustion chamber and a nozzle. The monolithic preform has a tubular shape and includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The monolithic preform defines a plurality of fluid inlets disposed at the first end, a plurality of fluid outlets disposed at th...