US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on June 30 for "Robotic polishing system and method for using same" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,975, issued on June 30, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Robotic polishing system and method for using same" was invented by Philippe Morin (Beloeil, Canada), Guillaume Whittom (Longueuil, Canada), Canam Hoang (Longueuil, Canada), Jean-Francois Collette (Montreal), Pierre-Luc Nault (Sainte-Julie, Canada) and Thomas Roux (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polishing system includes an end effector, a calibration system, and a controller. The end effector includes a polishing arm, a motor, and a tool head. The tool head extends along a lengthwise axis between and to an inner end and a tip end. T...