US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on April 1 for "Turbine support case having axial spokes" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,595, issued on April 1, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Turbine support case having axial spokes" was invented by Guy Lefebvre (St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada) and Remy Synnott (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft engine, has: a turbine including a turbine rotor rotatable about a central axis; a scroll case having an inlet fluidly connected to a source of combustion gases and an outlet fluidly connected to the turbine, and a conduit extending around the central axis from the inlet to the outlet, the conduit spiraling towards the central axis; a bearing housing e...