US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Sept. 23 for "Aircraft engine with exhaust having removable deflector" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,941, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Aircraft engine with exhaust having removable deflector" was invented by Guy Lefebvre (St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada) and Christopher Gover (Longueuil, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft engine, comprising a thermal engine, an axial turbine having a turbine inlet, and an exhaust assembly fluidly connecting the thermal engine to the axial turbine. The exhaust assembly includes a housing and a deflector removably mounted within the housing. The deflector has circumferentially distributed vanes. The deflector is a first deflecto...