US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on March 17 for "Leading edge plating on low pressure compressor vane for weight and strength optimization" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,878, issued on March 17, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Leading edge plating on low pressure compressor vane for weight and strength optimization" was invented by Paul Aitchison (Hamilton, Canada), Muthukumar Mathivanan (North York, Canada), Anthony Brown (Mississauga, Canada) and Tammy Yam (Richmond Hill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vane including an airfoil body extending from a root to a tip defining a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the airfoil body includes a leading edge between the root and the tip. The vane includes a pressure side and a suction side and a recess area o...