US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on May 13 for "Fuel manifold adapter" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,776, issued on May 13, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Fuel manifold adapter" was invented by Gavin Rohiteshwar Kisun (Mississauga, Canada) and Guy Lefebvre (St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft fuel system comprises a fuel manifold adapter interchangeably connectable between respective fuel manifolds and flow divider valves of different aircraft engine platforms. The adapter has a body having an input interface and an output interface. The input interface is rigidly connectable via a rigid supply line to the flow divider valve of a given one of the different en...