US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on June 24 for "Integrated axial compressor diffuser and high pressure turbine vane assembly" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,748, issued on June 24, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Integrated axial compressor diffuser and high pressure turbine vane assembly" was invented by Dave Menheere (Norval, Canada) and Eduardo Hawie (Woodbridge, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gas turbine engines include a compressor section configured to compress a core flow and a combustor section having a combustor that is arranged downstream from the compressor section along a path of the core flow. A turbine section is arranged downstream from the combustor along the path of the core flow, and includes a plurality of first vanes arranged ...