US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on May 26 for "Containment ring for gas turbine engine" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,959, issued on May 26, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Containment ring for gas turbine engine" was invented by Nathan Tomes (Hamilton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casing for a gas turbine engine, including: an inner ring portion; an outer ring portion; and a plurality of blunting plates arranged circumferentially between the inner ring portion and the outer ring portion, wherein the plurality of blunting plates are positioned to overlap each other."

The patent was filed on May 1, 2024, under Application No. 18/652,695.

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