ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,650, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Tooling and method for assembling a vane ring" was invented by Maxime Desgagne (Longueuil, Canada), Frederic Labrie (St-Jude, Canada), Gabriel Cyr-Carrier (Montreal), Alexandre Lupien (Ste-Julie, Canada), Robert Lavallee (Otterburn Park, Canada), Pierre-Luc Lachance (Brossard, Canada) and Xavier Lemieux Sutton (Montreal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tooling and methods for assembling a vane ring of a turbine engine are provided. A tool includes a base configured to receive an outer ring and vanes radially inwardly of the outer ring. A heater i...