US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on June 23 for "Turbine exhaust duct with probe interface" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,948, issued on June 23, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Turbine exhaust duct with probe interface" was invented by Guy Lefebvre (St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada) and Francois Doyon (Ste-Julie, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust system for an aircraft engine, has: a turbine exhaust duct (TED) having an annular inlet conduit extending around a central axis for directing combustion gases generally in an axial direction, and outlet conduits branching off from the annular inlet conduit; and an exhaust case surrounding the TED, the exhaust case being frustoconical and having outlet openings ...