ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,315, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Gas turbine engine" was invented by William Joseph Bowden (Cleves, Ohio) and Keith Edward James Blodgett (Milford, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine defining a radial direction, an axial direction, a circumferential direction, and a longitudinal axis is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a fan rotatable about the longitudinal axis; a turbomachine; and a housing surrounding the turbomachine and having an upper outer surface portion and a lower outer surface portion, the housing defining a first distance extending radially fro...