US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on March 31 for "Oil tank return for an aircraft engine oil system" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,551, issued on March 31, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Oil tank return for an aircraft engine oil system" was invented by Daniel Alecu (Ottawa) and Marion Daniel (Verdun, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine oil system for an aircraft engine includes an oil tank and an oil tank return. The oil tank forms an internal oil cavity. The oil tank return forms a portion of an oil flow path through the engine oil system. The oil tank return includes a return body forming a return passage extending between and to a passage inlet and a passage outlet. The return body includes an inner diameter w...