US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Jan. 13 for "Flame protection seals for gas turbine engines" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,175, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Quebec, Canada).

"Flame protection seals for gas turbine engines" was invented by Ivan Sidorovich Paradiso (Toronto) and Daniel Alecu (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gas turbine engines include an engine core having compressor, combustor, and turbine sections arranged within an engine casing. A transfer tube is arranged on an exterior of the casing and configured to define a fluid conduit for fluid to be transferred about the engine. A fitting is connected to the transfer tube and a seal assembly is arranged between the fitting and the transfer tube. The sea...