ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,910, issued on March 25, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Geared gas turbine engine" was invented by Craig W Bemment (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a geared gas turbine engine for an aircraft. Example embodiments include a gas turbine engine for an aircraft including: an engine core having a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan having a plurality of fan blades; and a gearbox that receives an input from the core shaft to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the cor...