ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,687, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Exhaust case for aircraft engine" was invented by Guy Lefebvre (St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada) and Remy Synnott (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exhaust system for an aircraft engine, has: a turbine exhaust duct (TED) having an annular inlet conduit extending around a central axis for directing combustion gases generally in an axial direction, and outlet conduits fluidly communicating with the annular inlet conduit and extending generally radially outward relative to the annular inlet conduit; and an exhaust case...