ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,992, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Gas turbine engine" was invented by Jeffrey Donald Clements (Mason, Ohio) and Daniel Alan Niergarth (Norwood, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine includes a turbomachine including a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order. The compressor section includes a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit). The turbine section includes a low pressure turbine having at least a first stage of turbine rotor blades and a first stage of turbine stator vanes. Th...