ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,183, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Fluid flow metering device for aircraft shaft(s)" was invented by David Menheere (Norval, Canada) and Daniel Alecu (Ottawa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for an aircraft includes a first shaft, a second shaft and a metering device. The metering device includes a device sidewall, a device first end, a device second end, a device bore, a plurality of channels and a plurality of ports. The device sidewall circumscribes the first shaft at the device first end. The device sidewall is disposed in a second shaft bore of the second shaft at...