ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,453, issued on July 14, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Fuel vaporization power turbine engine, method of assembly and method of use" was invented by Paul Hadley Vitt (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Jeffrey D. Clements (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide engines comprising: a fuel line; a gas combustion system; a first power turbine positioned within an exhaust gas stream and configured to operate at a first rotation speed; a second power turbine downstream from the first power turbine, and configured to operate at a second rotation speed that is less than the first rotation s...