ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,716, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Engine component" was invented by Ming Xie (Dayton, Ohio), Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.) and Nicholas J. Kray (Mason, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine component for a turbine engine. The engine component has a composite structure and a cover structure. The composite structure has a composite structure outer wall and a composite structure edge. The cover structure encases at least a portion of the composite structure outer wall. The cover structure has a main body. The main body extends along the at least a portion of the composite struc...