US Patent Issued to General Electric on May 5 for "Gas turbine engine" (Ohio, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,378, issued on May 5, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Gas turbine engine" was invented by Daniel Alan Niergarth (Norwood, Ohio), Jeffrey Donald Clements (Mason, Ohio), Jeffrey S. Spruill (Hillsboro, Ohio), Erich Alois Krammer (West Chester, Ohio), Matthew Kenneth MacDonald (Austin, Texas) and Scott Alan Schimmels (Miamisburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section, the compressor section having a high-pressure compressor defining a high-pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches. The ...