US Patent Issued to General Electric on Feb. 24 for "Apparatus to prevent air leakage in turbine engines" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,097, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Apparatus to prevent air leakage in turbine engines" was invented by Ning Fang (West Chester, Ohio), William Bowden (Evendale, Ohio), Weili Yang (West Chester, Ohio), Keith E. Blodgett (Evendale, Ohio), Guohua Zhong (Shanghai) and Niloufar Hosseiny (Evendale, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus are disclosed for a turbofan comprising: a bifurcation including a first track; and an outer casing including an airflow inlet and an airflow outlet, the outer casing adjustable into a closed position and an open position, the outer casing positioned arou...