ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,214, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Aircraft engine auxiliary oil system" was invented by John Sgouromitis (Dorval, Canada), Richard Brandt (Saint Lambert, Canada) and Mark Feeney (Candiac, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for operating an aircraft engine in a fire-induced emergency shutdown state. An indication of a fire in a fire zone of the aircraft engine is received. In response to the receiving the indication of the fire in the fire zone of the aircraft engine, an emergency shutdown sequence of the aircraft engine is initiated. In response to the i...