US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on July 21 for "System and method for detecting a mechanical transmission failure" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,460, issued on July 21, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"System and method for detecting a mechanical transmission failure" was invented by Xuening Lu (Oakville, Canada), Ezzat Meshkinfam (Mississauga, Canada), Etienne Plamondon (Candiac, Canada) and Thomas Trevor Ricci (Pointe-Claire, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for detecting a torque transmission failure in an aircraft power plant are provided. The system comprises a hydrostatic transmission for transmitting torque between a first shaft and a second shaft using hydraulic fluid, an a failure detector including a sensor ...