ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,991, issued on March 18, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Seal assembly for a rotary engine housing" was invented by Johnny Vinski (Chateauguay, Canada), Michel Bousquet (Longueuil, Canada), Jean-Philippe Simoneau (Longueuil, Canada), David Gagnon-Martin (Longueuil, Canada), Vincent Savaria (Laval, Canada), Bruno Villeneuve (Boucherville, Canada), Stephane Berube (Saint-Philippe, Canada), Frederic Roy (Saint-Amabie, Canada) and Sebastien Bolduc (Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine housing includes a rotor housing body, a side housing body a side plate and a se...