US Patent Issued to RTX on Aug. 5 for "Electronically controlled pressure relief system for an engine" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,912, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Electronically controlled pressure relief system for an engine" was invented by Connor J. McGuire (West Hartford, Conn.) and Francis Parnin (Suffield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid system is provided for an aircraft engine. This fluid system includes a lubricant reservoir and a pressure relief system. The lubricant reservoir includes an internal volume. The pressure relief system includes a sensor system, a pressure relieve valve and a controller. The sensor system is configured to provide sensor data indicative of an air pressure within the internal...