ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,791, issued on March 25, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Method of repairing a combustor liner of a gas turbine engine" was invented by Mizanur Rahman (Longueuil, Canada) and Clement Drouin Laberge (Terrebonne, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for characterizing holes in a combustor liner of a gas turbine engine, and associated repair methods are provided. One method comprises receiving first measured data of the combustor liner in an uncoated state. The method includes determining a first location and a first orientation of a first hole and a first location and a first ori...