US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Oct. 7 for "Assist system and method for aircraft ground operation" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,819, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Assist system and method for aircraft ground operation" was invented by Daniel Alecu (Brampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft assist system described herein includes an aircraft coupling counterpart attached to a strut of a landing gear of an aircraft, and an assist vehicle. The assist vehicle includes a frame, ground-engaging wheels mounted to the frame, a power source for driving one or more of the ground-engaging wheels, and a vehicle coupling counterpart for engagement with the aircraft coupling counterpart. The aircraft c...