US Patent Issued to General Electric on Sept. 15 for "System and method for overspeed detection and protection in an engine" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,993, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"System and method for overspeed detection and protection in an engine" was invented by Brandon W. Miller (Liberty Township, Ohio), Arthur W. Sibbach (Boxford, Mass.), Andrew Hudecki (Milford, Ohio), Patrick S. Sage (West Chester, Ohio), Eric Barre (Cincinnati), Stefan Joseph Cafaro (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Gerardo Perez Perez (Queretaro, Mexico) and Kevin Graziano (Liberty Township, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine includes a gearbox coupled to a first element and a second element. The engine may include a first speed sensor positioned on an in...