US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on Dec. 2 for "Diffuser pipe for an aircraft propulsion system" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,856, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Diffuser pipe for an aircraft propulsion system" was invented by Hien Duong (Mississauga, Canada) and Jason Nichols (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor diffuser for an aircraft propulsion system includes a plurality of diffuser pipes. Each diffuser pipe includes a pipe body. The pipe body extends between and to an inlet end and an outlet end. The pipe body includes a suction lateral wall and a pressure lateral wall. The pipe body further includes a transition body portion. The suction lateral wall and the pressure lat...