US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on May 12 for "Aircraft engine with recuperator and bypass" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,663, issued on May 12, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Aircraft engine with recuperator and bypass" was invented by Daniel Van Den Ende (Mississauga, Canada) and Dave Menheere (Norval, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft engine, has: a compressor, a combustor downstream of the compressor, and a turbine; a recuperator having a heat absorption conduit fluidly connecting the compressor to the combustor and a exhaust conduit fluidly connecting the turbine to ambient air surrounding the aircraft engine, the heat absorption conduit in heat exchange relationship with the exhaust conduit; a com...