US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on July 14 for "Stator vane segment for aircraft engine and method of producing the same" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,461, issued on July 14, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Stator vane segment for aircraft engine and method of producing the same" was invented by Francois Richard (St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a stator for a turbine of an aircraft engine, the stator having an inner shroud, an outer shroud, and airfoils extending from the inner shroud to the outer shroud, the method includes: obtaining raw vane segments including inner shroud raw segments, outer shroud raw segments, and airfoils extending from the inner shroud raw segments to the outer shroud...