US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on March 18 for "Lubricant reservoir with integrated heat exchanger" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,027, issued on March 18, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Lubricant reservoir with integrated heat exchanger" was invented by Eric S. Durocher (Boucherville, Canada) and Gabriel Naccache (Longueuil, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for a gas turbine engine. This engine apparatus includes a lubricant reservoir, a lubricant circuit and a compressed air circuit. The lubricant reservoir includes an internal cavity, a compressed air passage and a reservoir wall at least partially forming an outer peripheral boundary of the internal cavity. The internal cavity is configured t...