ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,723, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).
"Midshaft rating for turbomachine engines" was invented by Bhaskar Nanda Mondal (Bengaluru, India), Narayanan Payyoor (Thrissur, India) and Pranav Kamat (Bengaluru, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbomachine engine includes an engine core including a high-pressure compressor, a high-pressure turbine, and a combustion chamber. The engine core has a length (LCORE), and the high-pressure compressor has an exit stage diameter (DCORE). A power turbine is in flow communication with the high-pressure turbine. A low-pressure shaft is coupled to the powe...