ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,728, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evandale, Ohio).
"Hybrid composite components" was invented by Nicholas Joseph Kray (Mason, Ohio) and Nitesh Jain (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hybrid composite components, such as gas turbine engine containment assemblies, a hybrid composite component having an annular composite shell and an annular metallic shell joined with the composite shell. A containment assembly including a containment case extending along an axial direction about a longitudinal centerline of the gas turbine engine. The containment case has an inner surface and an outer surface ...