US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Dec. 2 for "Variable inlet guard screen for an inlet of an aircraft engine" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,798, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Variable inlet guard screen for an inlet of an aircraft engine" was invented by Roberto Marrano (Boucherville, Canada), Mark Cunningham (Montreal-West, Canada), Eray Akcayoz (Cote-Saint-Luc, Canada) and Corentin Brette (Montreal, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for an aircraft includes an aircraft engine having a central axis with a flowpath projecting into the aircraft engine from an airflow inlet. An inlet plenum at the airflow inlet extends between a front wall and a rear wall along the central axis. An inlet guard is arranged a...