ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,266, issued on April 14, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Composite airfoil assembly for a turbine engine" was invented by Nicholas Joseph Kray (Mason, Ohio), Tod Winton Davis (Liberty Township, Ohio), Elzbieta Kryj-Kos (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Michael John Franks (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine, the composite airfoil assembly comprising a composite airfoil, a first cladding, and a second cladding. The composite airfoil having a core comprising a composite structure having a core bulk modulus and a laminate skin applied to at least a portion ...