US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on May 27 for "Variable guide vane assembly for gas turbine engine" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,967, issued on May 27, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Variable guide vane assembly for gas turbine engine" was invented by Daniel Poick (Brampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable guide vane assembly for a gas turbine engine stator is provided. The variable guide vane assembly includes a plurality of vanes and a plurality of RT mechanisms. The vanes extend between a shroud and hub. The vanes are circumferentially disposed and spaced apart from one another. Each vane includes inner and outer radial ends, and inner and outer radial posts. Each vane is pivotally mounted to rotate about...