US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on July 14 for "Turbine exhaust duct" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,477, issued on July 14, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Turbine exhaust duct" was invented by Lorenzo Sanzari (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turbine exhaust duct for a gas turbine engine is provided that includes an exhaust manifold, an outer duct, first and second connecting panels, a first stiffener panel, and a second stiffener panel. The exhaust manifold includes an annular inlet and first and second exhaust ports. The outer duct includes a wall panel, an axial end aperture, a first lateral side aperture, and a second lateral side aperture. The first connecting panel includes a first...