US Patent Issued to GE Avio, General Electric on May 12 for "Overall engine efficiency rating for turbomachine engines" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,662, issued on May 12, was assigned to GE Avio S.R.L. (Italy) and General Electric Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.).

"Overall engine efficiency rating for turbomachine engines" was invented by Andrea Piazza (Rivalta di Torino, Italy) and Jeffrey D. Clements (Evendale, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbomachine engine can include a fan assembly, a vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and an overall engine efficiency rating. The fan assembly can include a plurality of fan blades. The vane assembly can include a plurality of vanes, and the vanes can, in some instances, be disposed aft of the fan blades. The core engine can include a l...