ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,108, issued on March 3, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Methods and apparatus to determine engine status with plenum measurements" was invented by Brandon W. Miller (Middletown, Ohio), Andrew J. Hank (Maineville, Ohio), John C. Schilling (Sharonville, Ohio), Ryan T. Roehm (West Chester, Ohio), Kevin Graziano (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Geoffrey Whitener (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus to determine engine status with plenum measurements are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus for use with a gas turbine engine having bleed offtakes includes at least one sensor on or within ...