US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on Aug. 11 for "Engine component test system with cryogenic cooling system" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,437, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Engine component test system with cryogenic cooling system" was invented by Thomas Maxwell (Toronto), Matthew Kidd (Toronto), Damiano Magnoli (Milton, Canada), James Elliott (Hamilton, Canada) and Michael Joseph (Otterville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test system is provided for a component of an engine. This test system includes a combustor test section and an air system. The combustor test section includes a fuel injector, an ignitor and a combustion chamber. The fuel injector is configured to direct fuel into the combustion cham...