US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on March 18 for "Torque sensor for an aircraft propulsion system gearbox assembly" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,162, issued on March 18, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Torque sensor for an aircraft propulsion system gearbox assembly" was invented by Michel Desjardins (St Hubert, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes a planetary gear assembly, a torque sensor, and a controller. The planetary gear assembly includes a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a first ring gear, and a second ring gear. Each planet gear of the plurality of planet gears includes a main gear, a first lateral gear, and a second lateral gear. The main gear is engaged with the sun g...