US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on April 14 for "Turbofan gas turbine engine with inner ring reinforcing structure and methods of producing the same" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,282, issued on April 14, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Turbofan gas turbine engine with inner ring reinforcing structure and methods of producing the same" was invented by Avinash Kumar (Bangalore, India), Tirumala Koka (Bangalore, India) and Milind Khare (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Turbofan gas turbine engines and methods are provided. The engines include a fan assembly having an engine rotor hub with fan blades extending radially therefrom configured for rotation of the fan blades, a fan housing structure encircling the fan assembly and including an inner ring that defines an...