US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Sept. 23 for "Rotary engine with seal having elastomeric member and shield" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,912, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Rotary engine with seal having elastomeric member and shield" was invented by Michel Bousquet (Longueuil, Canada) and Johnny Vinski (Chateauguay, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing assembly for a rotary engine, has: a rotor housing extending around an axis, the rotor housing having an inner face facing a rotor cavity; side housings secured to opposite sides of the rotor housing, the rotor cavity bounded axially between the side housings; and a seal received within a groove at an interface between the rotor housing and a first sid...