ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. RE50,848, issued on March 31, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.).
"Gas turbine engine assembly and method of assembling same" was invented by Jan Christopher Schilling (Liberty Township, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assembling a gas turbine assembly includes providing a core gas turbine engine including a high-pressure compressor, a combustor, and a turbine, coupling a. A low-pressure turbine is axially aft from the core gas turbine engine, coupling a fan assembly is axially forward from the core gas turbine engine, and coupling a booster compressor is coupled to the low-pressure turbine such that t...