US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Nov. 11 for "Systems and methods for controlling propeller control unit fluid pressure" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,545, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueil, Canada).

"Systems and methods for controlling propeller control unit fluid pressure" was invented by Jagoda Krzywon (Longueuil, Canada), Benoit Lachance (Varennes, Canada) and James Jarvo (Long Sault, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propeller control unit for an aircraft propulsion system including a propeller is provided. The propeller control unit includes an actuator, a pump, a flow regulator, a pressure sensor, and a controller. The actuator is configured to control a pitch of each of the propeller blades. The pump is configured to direct hydr...