US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on Sept. 16 for "Lubrication system for aircraft powerplant and clutch system" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,264, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Lubrication system for aircraft powerplant and clutch system" was invented by Michel Desjardins (Saint-Hubert, Canada), Eric S. Durocher (Boucherville, Canada) and Guillaume Landry-Drolet (Boucherville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft system includes a powertrain and a first lubrication system. The powertrain includes a powerplant, a bladed rotor and a clutch system operatively coupling the powerplant to the bladed rotor. The powerplant is configured to drive rotation of the bladed rot...