US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Nov. 11 for "Lubricant pump system and method for aircraft engine" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,377, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Lubricant pump system and method for aircraft engine" was invented by Herve Turcotte (Sainte-Julie, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lubricant pump systems and associated methods for aircraft engines are provided. The method includes receiving an input torque, dividing the input torque between a first load path receiving a first portion of the input torque, and a second load path receiving a second portion of the input torque. A first lubricant pump of the aircraft engine is driven via the first load path using the first portion of the inp...