ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,311, issued on April 14, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Gas turbine engine with forward swept outlet guide vanes" was invented by Brandon Wayne Miller (Middletown, Ohio) and Arthur William Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbofan engine defining an axial direction and a longitudinal centerline along the axial direction is provided. The turbofan engine includes: a fan section having a fan, the fan comprising a plurality of fan blades; a turbomachine drivingly coupled to the fan, the turbomachine comprising a compressor section with a low pressure compressor, a turbine section with a l...