ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,523, issued on June 3, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Support pin for igniter assembly" was invented by Si-Man Lao (Mississauga, Canada) and Katherine Little (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support pin of a combustor assembly is provided. The combustor assembly includes a casing of a combustor and an igniter. The igniter includes a main section and a tip from which sparks generated by the igniter within the main section are ejected. The support pin includes an exterior section, a main body and a tip section. The exterior section is connectable to the casing. The igniter is affixable to the...