US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on Aug. 11 for "Assembly for identifying obstructing foreign matter in an air intake of an aircraft propulsion system and method of using same" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,497, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Assembly for identifying obstructing foreign matter in an air intake of an aircraft propulsion system and method of using same" was invented by Patrice Remy (St-Hubert, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion system includes an air intake and an air intake control system. The air intake includes an intake body forming an air passage. The air intake control system includes a flow control member disposed within the air intake, a blockage sensor having a sensing area directed to the flow control member, and a controller. The b...