ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,918, issued on July 22, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Augmented reality machining aid" was invented by Jeff Beaudet (La Prarie, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of visualizing data with respect to a component includes identifying a model of the component. The method further includes accessing part data defining an internal configuration of each of a plurality of models of components. The method further includes associating the internal configuration of the model of the component with the component. The method further includes accessing process data defining a plurality of processing ...