ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,988, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"High temperature anti-ice systems for aircraft engines" was invented by Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.), Brandon W. Miller (Evendale, Ohio), Jeffrey D. Clements (Evendale, Ohio) and Daniel A. Niergarth (Evendale, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft engines and high temperature anti-ice systems for aircraft engines are disclosed herein. An example aircraft engine includes: a fan including a plurality of fan blades; a turbomachine operably coupled to the fan for driving the fan, the turbomachine including a compressor section, a combustion sec...