US Patent Issued to General Electric on March 17 for "Particle separation system upstream of a heat exchanger in a gas turbine engine" (Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,911, issued on March 17, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Particle separation system upstream of a heat exchanger in a gas turbine engine" was invented by Hojjat Nasr (West Chester, Ohio), Michael Vadnais (Delafield, Wis.), Ryan St. Pierre (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Jeffrey D. Rambo (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A particle separation system includes at least one inertial particle separator spaced apart from or integrated as a unitary piece with a heat exchanger. The at least one inertial particle separator is disposed upstream of the heat exchanger. The at least one inertial particle separator is c...