ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,584, issued on July 15, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Acoustic engine casing for gas turbine engine" was invented by Shailesh Kumar (Bangalore, India), Jyotichandra Jingade (Bangalore, India), Mohammed Qizar (Hyderabad, India), Mahmoud Mansour (Phoenix), Michael Barton (Phoenix), William Schuster (Phoenix), John Gunaraj (Phoenix), David Hanson (Phoenix) and Swarna Sinha Srinath (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a rotatable component, and an engine casing disposed about the rotatable component. The engine casing includes a casing treatment having a plurality of gro...