US Patent Issued to General Electric, GE Avio on Aug. 4 for "Gas turbine engine" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,722, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio) and GE Avio S.r.l. (Rivalta di Torino, Italy).

"Gas turbine engine" was invented by Daniel Alan Niergarth (Norwood, Ohio), Jorge de Luis (Cincinnati), Douglas Downey Turner (West Chester, Ohio), Michael Macrorie (Winchester, Mass.), Keith W. Wilkinson (Portsmouth, N.H.), Arthur William Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.) and Vincenzo Martina (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine has a turbomachine comprising compressor, combustion, and turbine sections. The gas turbine engine defines a maximum exhaust gas temperature, a maximum drive turbine ...