US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Dec. 2 for "Turbine support case supported by stopping ribs" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,788, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Turbine support case supported by stopping ribs" was invented by Guy Lefebvre (St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada) and Remy Synnott (Longueuil, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft engine, has: a turbine; a scroll case connected to a source of combustion gases and to the turbine, and a conduit extending around a central axis; a bearing housing including a support flange; a turbine support case secured to the bearing housing, the turbine support case having spokes extending through the scroll case and radially supported by the bearing ho...