ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,233, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Quebec, Canada).

"Split front housing of aircraft motor for high-power extraction for mounted external accessories" was invented by Roberto Brito (Beloeil, Canada) and Michel Desjardins (Saint-Hubert, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft motor assembly is provided and includes a high-power gear, a rear housing from which the high-power gear is exposed, a gear train, which is disposable in multiple orientations relative to the high-power gear, and which includes a first end configured to register with the high-power gear with the gear train disposed in ...