ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,029, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis) and Rolls-Royce Corp. (Indianapolis).
"Electric generator in turbine engine" was invented by Robert W. Heeter (Indianapolis), Daniel E. Molnar Jr. (Indianapolis) and Jordan Thralls (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine includes at least one turbine, combustion equipment, and at least one compressor. The at least one compressor includes a compressor stage. The compressor stage includes a plurality of compressor blades configured to input work into a core airflow flowing through the turbine engine. The turbine eng...