ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,521, issued on May 20, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Retaining ring centrifugal growth limiter" was invented by Hugues Pellerin (Montreal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating component assembly of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft including a first rotating component, a second rotating component located at an external surface of the first rotating component, and a retention assembly configured to axially retain the second rotating component relative to the first rotating component. The retention assembly includes a cup installed to the first rotating component configured to axially abut the...