US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Oct. 6 for "Air-oil separator" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,225, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Air-oil separator" was invented by Patrick Thivierge (St-Basile-le-Grand, Canada) and Ritchie Domingo (Markham, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearbox de-oiler comprises a housing mounted to a shaft for rotation therewith. The housing defines a chamber containing a porous separator matrix. The chamber has an air-oil mixture inlet, an oil outlet and an air outlet. A separation plate separates the porous separator matrix into a primary flow path segment and a secondary flow path segment. The primary flow path segment extends axially from a...