ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,061, issued on June 30, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Airfoil profile for gas turbine engines" was invented by Paul Hadley Vitt (Liberty Township, Ohio), Thomas William Vandeputte (Scotia, N.Y.) and Harjit S. Hura (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine includes at least two airfoils. Each airfoil of the at least two airfoils includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and a suction side opposite the pressure side. Each airfoil defines a chord line extending from the leading edge to the tra...