US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on Jan. 20 for "Turbine engine having a variable engine intake system" (Ohio, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,335, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Turbine engine having a variable engine intake system" was invented by Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.), Brandon W. Miller (Middletown, Ohio), Keith E. Blodgett (Milford, Ohio), William J. Solomon (Cincinnati) and Scott Alan Schimmels (Miamisburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine engine including a fan having a plurality of fan blades, a nacelle that extends circumferentially about the fan, an engine intake including an engine inlet, and a variable engine intake system. The nacelle includes a fan cowl and an inlet cowl that is movable w...