US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on Oct. 7 for "Turbine engine having a variable engine intake system" (Massachusetts, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,666, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Turbine engine having a variable engine intake system" was invented by Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.) and Brandon W. Miller (Middletown, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine including a fan having a plurality of fan blades, a nacelle that extends circumferentially about the fan, an engine intake including an engine inlet, and a variable engine intake system. The nacelle includes a fan cowl and an inlet cowl that is movable with respect to the fan cowl. The engine inlet is defined from a leading edge of the nacelle to the plurality of...