ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,997, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Exhaust case for aircraft engine with stiffener reinforcement" was invented by Guy Lefebvre (St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada) and Francois Doyon (Ste-Julie, 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 and outlet conduits extending generally radially outward relative to the annular inlet conduit; an exhaust case surrounding the TED, the exhaust case having openings, each of the outlet conduits received through a respective one of the openings;...