US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on May 13 for "Seal for an aircraft engine" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,908, issued on May 13, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Seal for an aircraft engine" was invented by Tibor Urac (Mississauga, Canada) and Sebastien Bergeron (St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal for an aircraft engine includes an annular body receivable in interference fit in a radial spacing defined between inner and outer cylindrical components of the aircraft engine, the annular body defining a central axis coaxial with the inner and outer cylindrical components, the annular body including an inner portion defining an inner diameter, an outer portion defining an ou...