US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Aug. 19 for "Method of producing a gas turbine engine bearing housing" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,376, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Method of producing a gas turbine engine bearing housing" was invented by Lorenzo Sanzari (Montreal) and Jocelyn Bisson (Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an annular bearing housing for a gas turbine engine is provided that includes: producing a flange outer structure segment; producing an intermediate structure segment having an outer radial end, an inner radial end, a body that extends between the outer radial end and the inner radial end, and a branch member that extends outwardly from the...