US Patent Issued to General Electric on May 26 for "Gas turbine engine" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,981, issued on May 26, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Gas turbine engine" was invented by Daniel John Oehrle (West Chester, Ohio), Randy M. Vondrell (Newport, Ky.) and Apolinario Barra Ruiz (Queretaro, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine defines an axial direction and a radial direction and comprises a turbomachine having an unducted primary fan, a core engine a combustor casing enclosing a combustor and defining an outer surface, a core cowl surrounding at least a portion of the core engine. The outer surface of the core cowl defines a peak cowl diameter in the radial direction, and the...