ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,817, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Gas turbine engine with third stream" was invented by Brandon Wayne Miller (Middletown, Ohio), Randy M. Vondrell (Newport, Ky.), David Marion Ostdiek (Liberty Township, Ohio), Craig Williams Higgins (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Alexander Kimberley Simpson (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine defining an engine inlet to an inlet duct, a fan duct inlet to a fan duct, and a core inlet to a core duct; a primary fan driven by the turbomachine; and a secondary fan located downs...