ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,341, issued on May 5, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).
"Gas turbine engine disassembly/assembly methods" was invented by Carlo S. Porco (King City, Canada), Geoffrey Henriksen (Mississauga, Canada), Jason Wedemire (Erin, Canada), Anthony Mathias (Kettleby, Canada), Michael Hunze (Ancaster, Canada), Louis Lavoie (Brampton, Canada), Marven Paynter (Millgrove, Canada) and Dennis Wilkinson (Barrie, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for disassembling a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, a static structure ...