ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,343, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Turbogenerator brakes" was invented by Andreas C. Koenig (Rockford, Ill.) and Aaron Cooling (Rockford, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a permanent magnet generator (PMG) with a generator shaft. An input spline is included on the generator shaft on a first side of the PMG with respect to a longitudinal axis of the generator shaft. A brake is operatively connected to the generator shaft axially between the input spline and an end of the generator shaft on a second side of the PMG opposite the first side with respect to the longit...