US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on March 17 for "Gas turbine engine combustor" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,093, issued on March 17, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Gas turbine engine combustor" was invented by Trevor James Hahm (Cincinnati), Daniel J. Kirtley (Blue Ash, Ohio), Shai Birmaher (Cincinnati), Ryan Christopher Jones (West Chester, Ohio) and Erich Alois Krammer (West Chester, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a dome structure having an outer dome connecting flange, a cowl structure, an outer liner having an outer liner connecting flange, and an inner liner having an inner liner connecting flange. At least one of (a) the outer liner connecting flange inc...