ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,546, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Slurry-based dust injection system" was invented by Ambarish J. Kulkarni (Glenville, N.Y.), Byron A. Pritchard (Loveland, Ohio), Bernard P. Bewlay (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Keith A. Lauria (Wells, N.Y.), Meenakshi Kodali (Troy, N.Y.), Michael R. Mutchler (Cincinnati), Daniel Ellestad (West Union, Ohio), Geoffrey Eadon (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) and Aaron P. Bloomfield (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dust injection system for engine testing and related methods are provided. The system includes a carrier pipe that defines a fluid flow path between an inle...