ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,679, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"System and method for repairing a housing for a gearbox" was invented by Rachid Guiassa (Longueuil, Canada), Carl Gagne (Beloeil, Canada) and Martin Bouffard (Ste-Catherine, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearbox repair system includes at least one repair tool and a controller. The controller is configured to control the at least one repair tool to repair a gearbox housing including a first housing body and a second housing body by: controlling the at least one repair tool to repair the first housing body at a first hole of the first h...