US Patent Issued to Concepts NREC on Feb. 4 for "Methods of manufacturing turbomachines having decoupled collectors" (Massachusetts, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,698, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Concepts NREC LLC (White River Junction, Vt.).

"Methods of manufacturing turbomachines having decoupled collectors" was invented by Kevin Fairman (Lowell, Mass.) and Song Xue (White River Junction, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Turbomachines such as air dynamometers are disclosed that include a radial outflow compressor and gas collector. In some examples, the gas collector is designed as a separate component that is coupled to the machine, such as coupled to a frame. In some examples, the collector and frame are intentionally spaced and coupled at discrete points to minimize the transfer of...