US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on May 12 for "Overspeed protection for a turbocompressor of an aircraft powerplant assembly" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,664, issued on May 12, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Overspeed protection for a turbocompressor of an aircraft powerplant assembly" was invented by Michael Hanna (Beaconsfield, Canada), Etienne Plamondon (Candiac, Canada) and Thanh Quang Duy Phan (Pte-Claire, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powerplant assembly includes an engine, a turbocompressor, and an overspeed protection valve. The engine includes an air intake and an engine exhaust. The turbocompressor includes a compressor section, a turbine section, and a rotational assembly. The rotational assembly includes a turbocompressor shaft,...