ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,894, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Containment ring for gas turbine engine" was invented by Jocelyn Bisson (Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Canada) and Guy Lefebvre (St-Bruno, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A containment ring assembly for a turbine casing assembly, including: a first containment ring; a second containment ring, the first containment ring being radially inward from the second containment ring, wherein a radial space is located between the first containment ring and the second containment ring, the radial space allowing deformation of the first containment ring prior ...