ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,869, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Torsional vibration damper mechanism for gas turbine engine" was invented by Praveen Sharma (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torsional vibration damper mechanism for damping tortional vibration of a first drive shaft, a second drive shaft, or both. The torsional vibration damper mechanism includes a third drive shaft mechanically coupled to the first drive shaft, the second drive shaft, or both. The third drive shaft is configured to reduce or substantially to eliminate torsional vibration in the first drive shaft, the second drive...