ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,989, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Stator vane assembly with an attachment assembly" was invented by Devin R. Dilley (Norwood, Ohio), Douglas Lorrimer Armstrong (Needham, Mass.), Elzbieta Kryj-Kos (Liberty Township, Ohio), Celia Iglesias Cano (Paris) and Olivier Bazot (Melun, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator vane assembly defining a chordwise direction and a crosswise direction perpendicular to the chordwise direction is provided. The stator vane assembly includes: an attachment plate; and an attachment assembly coupled to the attachment plate, the attachment assembly inclu...