US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Aug. 19 for "System and method for measuring an axial position of a rotating component" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,362, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"System and method for measuring an axial position of a rotating component" was invented by Antwan Shenouda (Missisauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for measuring an axial position of a phonic wheel or other rotating component are provided. The system includes a phonic wheel rotatable about a rotation axis and translatable along the rotation axis, a first sensor, a second sensor and a computer. The phonic wheel includes an inclined tooth having an axially non-uniform radial height and a reference tooth having an axi...