US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on June 3 for "Aircraft engine assembly for controlling engine oil flow during fire conditions and method for using same" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,296, issued on June 3, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Aircraft engine assembly for controlling engine oil flow during fire conditions and method for using same" was invented by Kashif Mohammed (Brossad, Canada) and Vivek Bhat (Westmount, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for an aircraft includes an aircraft housing, an auxiliary power unit (APU), an oil system, a door actuator, and a controller. The aircraft housing forms a compartment. The aircraft housing includes an intake door. The intake door is movable between a closed position, an open position, and intermediate positions betw...