US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Oct. 7 for "Rotary engine with seal having shield and elastomeric member" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,661, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Rotary engine with seal having shield and elastomeric member" was invented by Julien Simard-Bergeron (Montreal, Canada), David Gagnon-Martin (Longueuil, Canada), Jean-Gabriel Gauvreau (Varennes, Canada), Stephane Berube (St-Philippe, Canada) and Sebastien Bolduc (St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing assembly has: a rotor housing extending around a rotation axis and from a first side to a second side, and having an inner face; a housing secured to the first side; and a seal received within a groove at an interfa...