US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on June 23 for "Compressor bleed air system with an actuator driven backflow valve for an aircraft engine" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,969, issued on June 23, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueil, Canada).

"Compressor bleed air system with an actuator driven backflow valve for an aircraft engine" was invented by Jason Mercuri (Greenfield Park, Canada) and John Sgouromitis (Dorval, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for bleeding air from a compressor of an aircraft engine, the system comprises a bleed off valve and a plenum for receiving bleed air from the compressor via the bleed off valve. The plenum has a first outlet for discharging the bleed air from the plenum into the atmosphere, and a second outlet fluidly connected to the compre...