US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on Aug. 5 for "Engine power extraction system and method for using same" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,916, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Engine power extraction system and method for using same" was invented by Eric S. Durocher (Boucherville, Canada) and Scott Smith (St-Lambert, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a gas turbine engine and an engine power extraction system. The gas turbine engine includes a first rotational assembly. The first rotational assembly includes a propeller and a first shaft coupled to the propeller. The first shaft is configured for rotation about a rotational axis of the propulsion system. The engine power ...