US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on May 13 for "Rotary engine and cooling systems thereof" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,738, issued on May 13, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Rotary engine and cooling systems thereof" was invented by Etienne Plamondon (Candiac, Canada), Thomas Trevor Ricci (Pointe-Claire, Canada), Jeremie Barberger (Montreal) and Michel Bousquet (Longueuil, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary engine, comprising: housings defining a rotor cavity and respective coolant passages fluidly connected in parallel to a source of coolant; a rotor within the rotor cavity; and a cooling system including: a flow regulating device in fluid communication with the respective coolant passages; a heat excha...