US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on Nov. 25 for "Turbine engine for an aircraft including a contrail mitigation system" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,590, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Turbine engine for an aircraft including a contrail mitigation system" was invented by Brandon W. Miller (Middletown, Ohio) and David M. Ostdiek (Liberty Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine for an aircraft includes a fuel delivery assembly for a hydrocarbon fuel to flow therethrough, a combustor combusting the fuel to generate combustion gases, and a core air exhaust nozzle exhausting the combustion gases from the turbine engine. The turbine engine also includes a contrail mitigation system having a heater and a fuel precipi...